Natalie Zemon Davis is a social and cultural historian of early modern times. Her works have been translated into various foreign languages including French, Italian, German, and Japanese. In addition to her publications, she was the historical consultant for the film Le Ratour de Martin Guerre and the opera The House of Martin Guerre. Davis has taught at major universities such as the University of Toronto, the University of California at Berkeley, and Princeton University, where she was Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies. Davis is also a former president of the American Historical Association, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding fellow of the British Academy, and Chevalier de lOrdre des Palmes Academique. She is the recipient of various honorary degrees from Harvard University, the University of Toronto, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Cambridge University, Universite de Lyon, and Oxford University. Emerita from Princeton University, Davis is now Adjunct Professor of History and Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She is currently researching slavery and sociability in 18th-century Suriname. Denis Crouzet is professor of modern history at the Universite de Paris 4-Sorbonne, director of the Roland Mousnier Center, and director of the Research Institute on the Civilizations of the Modern West.