Sol Gittleman is the Alice and Nathan Gantcher University Professor at Tufts University -- one of three current "university professors" at the school. He has been a celebrated lecturer on the Tufts campus since he started teaching there in 1966. From 1981 until 2002 he was the school's provost, and today he continues to teach on German Civilization and the rise of Nazism, immigration, and American baseball history.

Niall Ferguson specializes in financial and economic history as well as the history of empire and is best known for his views on imperialism and colonialism. He is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is author of The War of the World, a book about the causes and consequences of war and genocide in the first half of the 20th century.

Bryan Mark Rigg is the author of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers. and the new companion work Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers.

Raised as a Protestant in the Texas Bible Belt, Bryan was surprised to learn of his ...

Dava Sobel, a former New York Times science reporter, is the author of Longitude (Walker 1995 and 2005, Penguin 1996), Galileo's Daughter (Walker 1999, Penguin 2000) and The Planets (Viking, 2005). In her thirty years as a science journalist ...

Champion sailor, award-winning scholar and bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick is a lively and illuminating speaker on all things historical and maritime.

Nathaniel first gained fame for his nonfiction classic In the Heart of the ...

Patrick Lee is a professional speaker, actor and writer. Since 1990, he has delivered authentic keynote presentations as Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Boone and William Clark, of Lewis and Clark fame. His writing includes the book, Mosquitoes, Gnats & Prickly Pear Cactus: The Lewis & Clark Review.

Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University, Cornel West has worked with numerous political and social organizations. He has been a long-time member, and now serves as an honorary Chair, of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is author of several books including The Future of the Race and Race Matters .

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History. He taught history at Cambridge (Christ's College), (1966-76) Oxford (Brasenose College) (1976-1980) and art history and history at Harvard (1980-1993) before coming to Columbia. He ...