DeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University
New York, New York
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of this country's most prominent historians. He received his doctoral degree at Columbia University under the supervision of Richard Hofstadter. During the 1990s, he served as president of both the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association.
Professor Foner's publications have concentrated on the intersections of intellectual, political and social history, and the history of American race relations. His best-known books are: Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War (1970 / reissued with new preface 1995); Tom Paine and Revolutionary America (1976); Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy (1983); Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (1988) (winner, among other awards, of the Bancroft Prize, Parkman Prize, and Los Angeles Times Book Award); The Reader's Companion to American History (with John A. Garraty, 1991); The Story of American Freedom (1998); and Who Owns History? Rethinking the Past in a Changing World (2002). His survey textbook of American history, Give Me Liberty! An American History, appeared in 2004. His most recent book is Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction (2005).
Eric Foner is a winner of the Great Teacher Award from the Society of Columbia Graduates, and was named Scholar of the Year by the New York Council for the Humanities in 1995. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
Contact Information:
Telephone: (212) 854-5253
Fax: (212) 961-1903
Website: www.ericfoner.com
Mailing Address:
Dr. Eric Foner
Columbia University
History Department
620 Fayerweather Hall
New York, NY 10027
Willing to Travel? Yes
Fee for Services? Yes
Lectures Offered:
Abraham Lincoln: Great Emacipator?
The Civil War and American Freedom
The Significance of Reconstruction in American History
