James Basker

James G. Basker is an American scholar, writer, and educational leader. He is president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History at Barnard College, Columbia University.

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

^ "James G. Basker - Oxbridge Academic Programs". www.stmintz.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
^ Cep, Casey (17 January 2020). "The Long War Against Slavery". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
^ "James Basker". Barnard College profile. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
^ "The Association of American Rhodes Scholars - Relationship Science". relationshipscience.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
^ Basker, James G. 1952- (2012). American antislavery writings : colonial beginnings to emancipation. Library of America. ISBN 978-1-59853-196-1. OCLC 820378848.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Amazing grace : an anthology of poems about slavery, 1660-1810. Basker, James G. New Haven. 2002. ISBN 0-300-09172-9. OCLC 49743685.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Basker, James G. (1988). Tobias Smollett, critic and journalist. Newark: University of Delaware Press. ISBN 0-87413-311-4. OCLC 15654091.
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771. (15 January 2014). The adventures of Roderick Random (Paperback ed.). Athens, Georgia. ISBN 978-0-8203-4603-8. OCLC 910110418.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)