Professor Sir Simon Schama FBA
Early modern European social, political and cultural history; history of the Jewish people; history of art and culture
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2015
- Honours
- CBE
- Subjects
- History
- Sections
- Early Modern History to 1850
Summary
Simon Schama is a historian specialising in art history, Dutch history and French history. He wrote and presented five episodes of the 2018 BBC series, Civilisations.
Current post
University Professor of History and Art History, Columbia University
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