Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War (Oxford University Tom Paine and Revolutionary America (Oxford University Press, l976 with newĪmerica's Black Past: A Reader in Afro-American History) (Harper Kennedy Kidger Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship, New England History Teachers Association, 2006 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia Univerity, 2006 President, Society of American Historians, 2006-07 John Jay Award for Distinguished Professional Achievement, Columbia College Alumni Association, 2007 Order of Lincoln, Lincoln Academy of Illinois, 2009 Prizes for The Fiery Trial: Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, Lincoln Prize Honorary Doctor of Social Science, Queen Mary, University of London, 2012įree Soil, Free Labor, Free Men: The Ideology of the Republican Partyīefore the Civil War (Oxford University Press, l970 rep. Silver Gavel Award, American Bar Association, 2005 for 'Brown atįifty,' special issue, The Nation, ed. Online, Association of American PublishersĬlass of 2006 Distinguished Professor Award, April 2004įeatured in History Today, January 2000, 26-29įeatured in Current Biography, August 2004, 50-55 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Iona College, 2002įirst Place, Electronic Product of 2003, for Columbia American History President, American Historical Association, 2000 Council for the Humanities, 1995Įlected Corresponding Fellow, British Academy, 1996 President, Organization of American Historians, 1993-94 Great Teacher Award, Society of Columbia Graduates, 1991

Towner Award, Illinois Humanities Council James Harvey Robinson Prize,Īward of Merit, American Association for State and Local History, forĮlected member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, l989 Outstanding Reference Book, New York Public Library and Library Journal,įor Reader's Companion to American HistoryĪwards for A House Divided exhibition, Chicago Historical Society: Lawrence

National Book Award Finalist, National Book Critics' Circle Award Prizes for Reconstruction: Los Angeles Times Book Award for History īancroft Prize Parkman Prize Lionel Trilling Award Owsley Prize. National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowships, l982-83, 1996-97 Harmsworth Professor of American History, Oxford University, 1993-94 Leverhulme Visiting Scholar, Queen Mary, University of London, Spring 2008Īmerican Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, l972-73

Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions, Cambridge University,įulbright Professor of American History, Moscow State University, Spring Professor, Department of History, City College and Graduate Center, City Professor, Department of History, Columbia University, l982-88 Ph.D., l969ĭeWitt Clinton Professor of History, Columbia University, l988-present L965-69: Graduate Faculties, Columbia University. L963-65: Oriel College, Oxford University.

Forever Free by Eric Foner