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Alexander Keyssar (born May 13, 1947)[1] is an American historian and the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[2]

Life

Alex graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English Literature from Harvard College in 1969. In 1977 he graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in the History of American Civilization. He taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]

Awards

  • 1987 Frederick Jackson Turner Award; Philip Taft Labor History Prize for Out of Work
  • 2001 Beveridge Prize for The Right to Vote; Eugene Genovese Prize for The Right to Vote
  • 2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
  • 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist for The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
  • 2001 Parkman Prize, Finalist
  • 2005 Fulbright Specialists University of Lisbon[4]

Works

Anthologies

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References

  1. ^ date & year of birth according to LCNAF CIP data
  2. ^ "Harvard Kennedy School - Alex Keyssar". www.hks.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20.
  3. ^ "Alexander Keyssar | Berkman Klein Center". 24 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Fulbright Specialist Program Stories: Alexander Keyssar". Archived from the original on 2011-03-17. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

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