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United States Dr. Allen Carl Guelzo is a distinguished historian who provides extensive insights into American intellectual, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras for academic and public audiences.
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is the Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities and Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He has been significantly involved with the Gilder Lehrman Institute through his roles and contributions to American history scholarship.
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo contributed half the lectures in the 80 episodes of The Great Courses' 2003 video series "U.S. History." He has also completed other series for The Teaching Company, including "Mister Lincoln," "The American Mind," "The American Revolution," "Making History: How Great Historians Interpret the Past," and "America’s Founding Fathers."
Dr. Allen Carl Guelzo serves as the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship in the James Madison Program at Princeton University. He was also a visiting fellow in the Department of Politics at Princeton University from 2002–2003 and 2010–2011.
Knopf published Dr. Guelzo's books "Robert E. Lee: A Life" (2021) and "Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment" (2024).
Dr. Guelzo's articles and essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, extending his historical insights to a broad readership.
Dr. Guelzo is a New York Times best-selling author and his articles and essays have appeared in the publication. His book "Gettysburg: The Last Invasion" was a New York Times bestseller in 2013.
Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is a senior fellow of the conservative think tank, the Claremont Institute.
Allen Carl Guelzo was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1953, the son of a US Army soldier stationed in the occupation of Japan. He grew up in Pennsylvania and pursued his early education, receiving a BS in Biblical Studies from Cairn University and an M.Div. from Reformed Episcopal Seminary. He later furthered his academic career by earning an MA and Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania. His doctoral dissertation, “The Unanswered Question: Jonathan Edwards’s ‘Freedom of the Will’ in Early American Religious Philosophy,” was published in 1989 and earned him an American Library Association Choice Award.
Dr. Guelzo’s career has a strong focus on American intellectual history, particularly from 1750 to 1865. He served as a professor of history at Eastern University, where he also moderated the Faculty Senate from 1996 to 1998, and later as Dean of the Templeton Honors College from 1998 to 2004. In 2004, he joined Gettysburg College’s History department. A notable early work, “For the Union of Evangelical Christendom: The Irony of the Reformed Episcopalians, 1873–1930,” received the Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History in 1993. His significant contributions to Civil War-era scholarship include multiple award-winning books on Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation.
Currently, Dr. Guelzo serves as the Thomas W. Smith Distinguished Research Scholar and Director of the James Madison Program’s Initiative on Politics and Statesmanship at Princeton University. He is a three-time recipient of the Lincoln Prize, recognizing his works “Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President” (2000), “Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America” (2005), and “Gettysburg: The Last Invasion” (2014). The latter spent eight weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list and also won the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History and other prestigious awards. He has authored many other books and contributed to The Great Courses video series, making complex historical topics accessible to a wider audience. In 2006, he was appointed to the National Council on the Humanities by President George W. Bush and received the Bradley Prize in 2018 for his impactful contributions to American history.
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