Paul Mellon Professor of American History
The Paul Mellon Professorship of American History is a senior professorship at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1980 with funds from Paul Mellon family fortune and has been held by several notable American, British, and Canadian academics and public intellectuals since its creation.
The position is sufficiently endowed so as to be a permanent academic post at the University of Cambridge. The Paul Mellon Professor of American History serves both as a scholar and as a cross-cultural leader, advancing and deepening US-British academic and diplomatic connections. From 2014 to 2024, the Paul Mellon Professor of American History was Gary Gerstle. In July 2024 the University announced the election of the next Mellon Professor, Mia Bay of the University of Pennsylvania, who will assume the role from 1 January 2025.[1]
List of Paul Mellon Professors of American History
[edit]- 1982–1990 Charlotte Erickson[2]
- 1992–2014 Tony Badger
- 2014–2024 Gary Gerstle[3]
- 2025- Mia Bay
References
[edit]- ^ "Mia Bay elected as Paul A. Mellon Professor of American History". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Harte, Negley (16 July 2008), "Professor Charlotte Erickson: Meticulous historian of migration", The Independent, archived from the original on 25 May 2022, retrieved 28 March 2009
- ^ "Gary Gerstle will be the next Mellon Professor of American History". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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