Having just turned 80, the historian and tv presenter feels obliged to speak up about the ‘monstrosity’ of Donald Trump’s ...

Simon Schama is a professor of history and art history at Columbia University. He is a contributing editors of the Financial Times, and regular broadcaster and documentary film maker for the BBC.

(JTA) — British Jewish historian Simon Schama was awarded a knighthood at Buckingham Palace for his “services to history.” Schama, 73, will now have the honorific “Sir” before his name.

How has post-war culture shaped who we are? That’s been the major question behind Simon Schama’s new series over the past fortnight, as he has taken viewers on a tour of loosely connected ...

Martin Amis and Christopher Hitchens would have stood up to the protesters trying to silence debate at literary festivals, Simon Schama has ... and presenter is a professor of history and art ...

Sir Simon Schama having lunch at the MCA’s Canvas ... switching to Columbia University in New York in 1993. (He remains a professor of history and art history there.) But now, having just ...

Simon Schama is a historian and Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University, New York. He is perhaps best known for writing and hosting the 15-par BBC television documentary series ...

Sir Simon Schama having lunch at the MCA’s Canvas ... in 1993. (He remains a professor of history and art history there.) But now, having just turned 80, Schama has a new goal: to run his ...

Simon Schama is University Professor of History and History of Art at Columbia. His forthcoming book is “The Story of the Jews” (Bodley Head) and the accompanying BBC documentary begins in September.