James Basker

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James G. Basker is an American scholar, writer, and educational leader.

Biography[]

He studied English at Harvard College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Cambridge University, and graduated from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, with a D. Phil in English.[1] Basker is currently the Richard Gilder Professor in Literary History at Barnard College,[2] Columbia University, having previously taught at Harvard, Cambridge and NYU.[3] He is also the president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, founder of the Oxbridge Academic Programs, a fellow of the Society of American Historians, and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. He was elected to the board of the American Association of Rhodes Scholars in 2007.[4]

Publications[]

Basker’s scholarly work focuses on 18th Century literature, specifically the life and writings of Samuel Johnson and the history of slavery and abolition.

  • American Antislavery Writings: Colonial Beginnings to Emancipation, New York, NY: The Library of America, 2012.[5]
  • Amazing Grace: An Anthology of Poems About Slavery, 1660-1810. Yale University Press, 2002.[6]
  • Early American Abolitionists: A Collection of Anti-slavery Writings, 1760-1820. The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, 2005.[7]
  • Why Documents Matter: American Originals and Historical Imagination (Selections From the Gilder Lehrman Collection). The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York, 2008.[8]
  • Tobias Smollett, Critic and Journalist . University of Delaware Press, 1988.[9]
  • Tradition in Transition: Women Writers, Marginal Texts, and the Eighteenth-Century Canon. OUP Oxford, 1997.[10]
  • The Adventures of Roderick Random (The Works of Tobias Smollett). University of Georgia Press, 2014.[11]

Personal[]

Dr. Basker currently lives in New York City with his wife, Angela Vallot. They have two daughters, Anne and Katherine.

References[]

  1. ^ "James G. Basker - Oxbridge Academic Programs". www.stmintz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  2. ^ Cep, Casey. "The Long War Against Slavery". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. ^ "James Basker". Barnard College profile. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  4. ^ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars - Relationship Science". relationshipscience.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  5. ^ Basker, James G. 1952- (2012). American antislavery writings : colonial beginnings to emancipation. Library of America. ISBN 978-1-59853-196-1. OCLC 820378848.
  6. ^ Amazing grace : an anthology of poems about slavery, 1660-1810. Basker, James G. New Haven. 2002. ISBN 0-300-09172-9. OCLC 49743685.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Early American abolitionists : a collection of anti-slavery writings 1760-1820. Basker, James G., Ahlstrom, Justine. New York: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. 2005. ISBN 1-932821-06-6. OCLC 62205412.CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Why documents matter : American originals and the historical imagination : selections from the Gilder Lehrman collection. Basker, James G., Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. New York. 2005. ISBN 1-932821-20-1. OCLC 60585761.CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ Basker, James G. (1988). Tobias Smollett, critic and journalist. Newark: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-311-4. OCLC 15654091.
  10. ^ Tradition in transition : women writers, marginal texts, and the eighteenth-century canon. Ribeiro, Alvaro, 1947-, Basker, James G. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1996. ISBN 0-19-818288-0. OCLC 32013714.CS1 maint: others (link)
  11. ^ Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. The adventures of Roderick Random (Paperback ed.). Athens, Georgia. ISBN 978-0-8203-4603-8. OCLC 910110418.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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