Michael Kammen
Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture
Office: 433 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-6744
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-Mail: mgk5@cornell.edu
Office Hours: On Leave
Education
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1964
A.B. The George Washington University, 1958
Courses
| Fall 2008: | Retired as of July 1, 2008 |
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Recent Publications and Awards
Publications
Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture (NY: Knopf, 2006).
A Time to Every Purpose: The Four Seasons in American Culture (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2004).
Robert Gwathmey: The Life and Art of Passionate Observer (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1999).
American Culture, American Tastes: Social Change and the Twentieth Century (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999).
In the Past Lane: Historical Perspectives on American Culture (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for History (1973); Henry Adams Prize and Francis Parkman Prize (1987).American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected member (1979)
Organization of American Historians, President (1995-96).
Regents Fellow, Smithsonian Institution.