Historians study the past to create clarity about our present world through their interpretation and preservation of historical events. These scholars provide essential understanding by linking historical legacies to leadership through their work on social history and historical context and cultural memory and public memory. Through their work on historical preservation and American military history and their research on famous Black historians and female historians they determine how we remember and learn from the past.
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Top 10 Historians
Brad Meltzer Bestselling Thriller Novelist and History Channel Host
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of... Read More
Victor Davis Hanson Military Historian and Conservative Political Commentator
Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished professor, writer, an... Read More
Ken Burns Historian and Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Ken Burns is an American filmmaker, known for his style of u... Read More
Michael Beschloss Presidential Historian
Michael Beschloss is an American historian specializing in t... Read More
Yuval Noah Harari Israeli Historian, Professor and Bestselling Author
The bestselling authors of Sapiens: A Brief History of Human... Read More
Jon Meacham World-Renowned Keynote Speaker, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Autho...
Jon Meacham is a Pulitzer prize-winning author of several bo... Read More
Ron Chernow Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author, Historian, and Keynote Speake...
Ron Chernow is a Pulitzer prize-winning author, historian an... Read More
Jill Lepore Professor of American History at Harvard University
Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of Ameri... Read More
Annette Gordon-Reed Historian and Law Professor at Harvard University
Annette Gordon-Reed, a renowned author and educator, holds p... Read More
Doris Kearns Goodwin Historian, Author, Motivational Speaker, Pulitzer Prize Winn...
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historian, Pulitzer prize-winning... Read More
Speakers List
A. Scott Berg Author
A. Scott Berg is author of four bestselling biographies:Max Perkins: Editor of Genius,winner of the National B... Read More
Category: Authors , Historians
Alan Axelrod Author, Historian, Business Writer
Alan Axelrod is a renowned historian and business writer. He was the co-author of the New York Times bestselle... Read More
Category: Business Speakers , Authors , Historians
Anne C. Bailey African-American Historian and Slave Trade Scholar
Anne C. Bailey is a writer, historian, and a tenured professor of History and Africana Studies at SUNY Bingham... Read More
Category: Authors , Top Black Keynote Speakers , Historians
Annette Gordon-Reed Historian and Law Professor at Harvard University
Annette Gordon-Reed, a renowned author and educator, holds positions as a Professor of History in the Faculty... Read More
Category: Professors , Lawyers and Legal Speakers , Diversity Speakers
Ashley Kahn Music Historian and Journalist
Ashley Kahn is an American music historian, journalist, and producer. In 2014, Kahn co-authored the autobiogra... Read More
Category: Authors , Journalists , Musicians
Betsy McCaughey Healthcare policy expert, Founder, Chairman and CEO
Betsy McCaughey is a leading healthcare policy expert, Founder, Chairman and CEO of the Committee to Reduce In... Read More
Category: Government and Political Officials , Healthcare Speakers , Political Commentators
Brad Meltzer Bestselling Thriller Novelist and History Channel Host
Brad Meltzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, and nine other... Read More
Category: Authors , TV Personalities , Event Hosts
Bruce Feiler New York Times Columnist and Bestselling Author
BRUCE FEILER is one of America’s most popular voices on contemporary life. He writes the “This Life” column fo... Read More
Category: Authors , Journalists , Historians
Candice Millard Former Writer and Editor for National Geographic magazine and Author of "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey"
Candice Millard is a former writer and editor for National Geographic magazine. Her first book, The River of D... Read More
Category: Authors , Journalists , Historians
Caroline Elkins Pulitzer Prize Winning Author and Professor at Harvard University
Professor Elkins's first book, Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya, was awarded t... Read More
Category: Professors , Historians
Colin Grant Author & Historian
Colin Grant is an English historian and son of black Jamaican immigrants who explores the legacy of slavery an... Read More
Category: Authors , Historians
Colleen Shogan First Woman Confirmed as Archivist of the United States, Prolific Author & Political Scientist
Colleen Shogan is an American author, political scientist, and academic. She served as the 11th Archivist of t... Read More
Category: Government and Political Officials , Historians
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