Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos

Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (born 1949) is an Israeli historian who researches early modern Europe. As of 2020, she is an associate professor of history at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Biography

Krausman Ben-Amos is a social and cultural historian of early modern Europe, particularly early modern England. She studied for a BA and MA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and she gained her Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1986. The Culture of Giving: Informal Support and Gift-Exchange in Early Modern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, paperback edition, 2010).

Research articles "Failure to Become Freemen: Urban Apprentices in Early Modern England," Social History Vol. 16, No. 2, May 1991 "Gifts and Favors: Informal Support in Early Modern England," The Journal of Modern History Vol. 72, No. 2, June 2000