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Numerous lectures by Eric Foner are available on YouTube and via his online lecture course (MOOC) on the coming of the Civil War, the war itself, and Reconstruction.
Eric Foner (/ ˈfoʊnər /; born February 7, 1943) is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia ...
He was the on-camera historian for "Freedom: A History of Us," on PBS in 2003 and the chief historical advisor for the award-winning PBS documentary series on Reconstruction and its aftermath broadcast in 2019. He has lectured extensively to both academic and non-academic audiences.
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Ph.D. — Columbia University, 1969 B.A. First Class — Oriel College, Oxford University, 1965 B.A. — Columbia College, 1963
Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History, specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. He is one of only two persons to serve as President of the Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, and Society of American Historians. He has also been the curator of several mus...
The Radical Tradition in AmericaThe US in the Era of Slavery and Jacksonian DemocracyThe US in the Era of Civil War and ReconstructionSlavery and Emancipation SeniorPultizer Prize in History, 2011Bancroft Prize, 2011Lincoln Prize, 2011Festschrift in honor of Eric Foner: Contested Democracy: Freedom, Race, and Power in American History, 2007President, Society of American Historians, 2006President, American Historical Association, 2000Elected Corresponding Fellow, British Academy, 1996President, Organization of American Historians, 1993-94Dec 1, 2000 · Eric Foner’s career as a historian, poised at midstream, has already achieved the kind of greatness that eludes many over a lifetime. He is the author of 14 books, over 100 articles and essays, and numerous reviews, and is the editor of innumerable volumes.
Nov 25, 2020 · Notable historian Dr. Eric Foner explores threats to the American experiment, including secession movements, civil wars, political party schisms, and voter suppression. He also examines slavery & abolition, political outsiders, and the evolution of the Republican Party.
Eric Foner. Professor Foner specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and 19th-century America. He has written and edited nineteen books about American history, including The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, which won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes in 2011.
