Simon Schama, Columbia University

Art History and Archaeology History Professor New York City, New York sms53@columbia.edu Office: (212) 854-4593

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16th-21st century British visual culture 17th-century Dutch art 18th-century French painting 18th-century French politics 20th-century earth art 20th-century land art 21st-century land art Landscape and environmental history

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Schama is a leading authority on European culture and environmental history and on the history of art. His books have been translated into 15 languages; they include Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution; Landscape and Memory; Rembrandt’s Eyes; Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution; and The Power of Art. This latest publication accompanied his recent television series of the same name on PBS and BBC. An earlier award-winning series, “A History of Britain,” was broadcast on the BBC and the History Channel.

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