Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford
Fellow, St. Catherine's College
Oxford, United Kingdom
Richard J. Carwardine is the Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University, where he is also a Fellow of St. Catherine's College. His analytical political biography of Abraham Lincoln won the Lincoln Prize in 2004 and was recently published in an American edition: Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power (Knopf, 2006). He specializes in American politics and religion in the nineteenth century, particularly during the era of the Civil War. His other publications include Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular Evangelicalism in Britain and America 1790-1865 (Greenwood Press, 1978) and Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America (Yale University Press, 1993). He chaired the jury for the 2005 Lincoln Prize. He is currently working on a study of religion in American national construction from Washington to Lincoln.
In January 2010, Carwardine will become President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University.
Contact Information:
Telephone: (44) 1865-271798
Mailing Address:
Richard J. Carwardine
Rhodes Professor of American History
University of Oxford
St. Catherine's College
Oxford, Great Britain OX1 3UJ
Willing to Travel? Yes
Fee for Services? Depends on Nature of Inquiring Organization
Lectures Offered:
The Purposeful Lincoln
The Great Communicator: Lincoln and the Press
Lincoln and Jefferson Davis Compared
Lincoln, God and the Civil War
Other Programs Offered:
Book Signing
Media Interview
Writing for Newspapers/Magazines
Writing for Scholarly Publications
Just Laughter: The Moral Springs of Lincoln's Humor
Wonderful Self-reliance: Lincoln's Leadership
Abraham Lincoln: The Nationalist as Internationalist
