Bruce Kuklick

Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History

Bruce Kuklick is Nichols Professor of American History. His historical interests are broadly in the political, diplomatic, and intellectual history of the United States; and in the philosophy of history. He has won all the major teaching prizes given by the University, including the Senior Class Award. In 2004 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

He has written ten books, among them one on baseball, To Every Thing A Season. His most recent books are Blind Oracles: Intellectuals and War From Kennan to Kissinger, published by Princeton University Press in 2006, and a biography of African American philosopher William Fontaine Black Philosopher, White Academy, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2008. He is also writing a short political history of the United States, One Nation Under God, and a monograph, Historical Knowledge.

Kuklick has no teaching responsibilities in the Fall of 2008. But he can be reached at his email address. In the Spring of 2009 he will be teaching History 451, War and Diplomacy in 20th Century America, and a freshman General Honors seminar in U.S. history. These courses will be posted on the Department of History web site at the appropriate time; and a c.v is also available there.