William Reddy

William Matthew Reddy (born 30 June 1947) is a historian and cultural anthropologist of modern Europe, known for his work on the history of emotions and for developing the concepts of emotives andemotion regimes. He is William T. Laprade Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, where he has also held a joint appointment in cultural anthropology. Reddy is the author of The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions (2001), as well as earlier studies of political culture and economic life in modern Europe. His work has been recognised through fellowships from bodies including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Fulbright Program and the National Humanities Center, and through election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.