Background
Andrew H. Delbanco was born on February 20, 1952, in the United States.
120 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330, United States
(L-R) Ian Hultquist, Chris Branca, Kate Novack, Andrew Coffman, Victoria Sobel, David Boone, Moneeke Davis, Andrew Rossi, Andrew Delbanco and Anya Kamenetz at the premiere of "Ivory Tower" at the Temple Theater during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah.
2012
120 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330, United States
The 44th President of the United States Barack Obama awards Professor Delbanco with the National Humanities Medal "for his writings on higher education and the place classic authors hold in history and contemporary life."
Cambridge, MA 02138, United States
In 1973, Andrew Delbanco received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. In 1976, he also received a Master of Arts there, and a Ph.D. in 1980.
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120 Carthage St, Sanford, NC 27330, United States
(L-R) Ian Hultquist, Chris Branca, Kate Novack, Andrew Coffman, Victoria Sobel, David Boone, Moneeke Davis, Andrew Rossi, Andrew Delbanco and Anya Kamenetz at the premiere of "Ivory Tower" at the Temple Theater during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014 in Park City, Utah.
(Delbanco traces the development of Channing's thinking on...)
Delbanco traces the development of Channing's thinking on the relation of man to God and nature, on the reality of evil, on the autonomy of the individual. He reveals Channing's hope and doubt concerning America's contribution to human progress. And he recounts Channing's emergence as a major voice in the antislavery movement - after a complex hesitation to embrace the cause. This is a study of the religious, literary, and political concerns of a man and his time.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674331524/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i10
1981
(The whole destiny of America is contained in the first Pu...)
The whole destiny of America is contained in the first Puritans who landed on these shores, wrote de Tocqueville. These newcomers, and the range of their intellectual achievements and failures, are vividly depicted in The Puritans in America. Exiled from England, the Puritans settled in what Cromwell called “a poor, cold, and useless” place―where they created a body of ideas and aspirations that were essential in the shaping of American religion, politics, and culture.
https://www.amazon.com/Puritans-America-Narrative-Anthology/dp/0674740661/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Puritans+in+America%3A+A+Narrative+Anthology&qid=1579678274&sr=8-1
1985
(More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this bo...)
More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this book is a vivid description of the earliest American immigrant experience. It depicts the dramatic tale of the seventeenth-century newcomers to our shores as they were drawn and pushed to make their way in an unsettled and unsettling world.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UTUQFC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i6
1989
(Through the writings of America's major figures, a profes...)
Through the writings of America's major figures, a professor at Columbia University traces the change in Americans' view of evil over the nation's history from a clear, religious understanding to a perplexed helplessness.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374135665/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i5
1995
(Essays discuss nineteenth and twentieth century American ...)
Essays discuss nineteenth and twentieth century American literature, from Henry Adams to Zora Neale Hurston.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374230072/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i7
1997
(In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier li...)
In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier literary scholars searches out the symbols and stories by which Americans have reached for something beyond worldly desire. A spiritual history ranging from the first English settlements to the present day, the book is also a lively, deeply learned meditation on hope.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OEBNLA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i3
1999
(The story of New England writing begins some 400 years ag...)
The story of New England writing begins some 400 years ago, when a group of English Puritans crossed the Atlantic believing that God had appointed them to bring light and truth to the New World. Over the centuries since, the people of New England have produced one of the great literary traditions of the world - an outpouring of poetry, fiction, history, memoirs, letters, and essays that records how the original dream of a godly commonwealth has been both sustained and transformed into a modern secular culture enriched by people of many backgrounds and convictions.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674335473/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i9
2001
(If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Her...)
If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Herman Melville was the quintessential American. With a historian’s perspective and a critic’s insight, award-winning author Andrew Delbanco marvelously demonstrates that Melville was very much a man of his era and that he recorded — in his books, letters, and marginalia; and in conversations with friends like Nathaniel Hawthorne and with his literary cronies in Manhattan — an incomparable chapter of American history. From the bawdy storytelling of Typee to the spiritual preoccupations building up to and beyond Moby Dick, Delbanco brilliantly illuminates Melville’s life and work, and his crucial role as a man of American letters.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B6OVOE0/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i2
2005
(Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as r...)
Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as reckless zealots who provoked the bloodletting of the Civil War, or praised as daring reformers who hastened the end of slavery. Delbanco sees them as the embodiment of a driving force in American history: the recurrent impulse of an adamant minority to rid the world of outrageous evil.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008533FCY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i8
2012
(In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco off...)
In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco offers a trenchant defense of such an education, and warns that it is becoming a privilege reserved for the relatively rich. In describing what a true college education should be, he demonstrates why making it available to as many young people as possible remains central to America's democratic promise.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P6ZJ6MM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1
2014
(For decades after its founding, America was really two na...)
For decades after its founding, America was really two nations - one slave, one free. There were many reasons why this composite nation ultimately broke apart, but the fact that enslaved black people repeatedly risked their lives to flee their masters in the South in search of freedom in the North proved that the "united" states was actually a lie. Fugitive slaves exposed the contradiction between the myth that slavery was a benign institution and the reality that a nation based on the principle of human equality was in fact a prison-house in which millions of Americans had no rights at all. By awakening northerners to the true nature of slavery, and by enraging southerners who demanded the return of their human "property," fugitive slaves forced the nation to confront the truth about itself.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B079WP6WGH/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i0
2018
Andrew H. Delbanco was born on February 20, 1952, in the United States.
In 1973, Andrew Delbanco received a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. In 1976, he also received a Master of Arts there and a Ph.D. in 1980.
Andrew Delbanco has been teaching at Columbia University since 1985, where he is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies. He held the Julian Clarence Levi chair in the Humanities and, from 2005 to 2015, was director of American Studies. Before joining the staff of Columbia University, Delbanco had taught at Harvard.
Mr. Delbanco is the author of several books and his essays appear regularly in The New York Review of Books and other periodicals on topics ranging from American literary and religious history to issues in higher education.
(Through the writings of America's major figures, a profes...)
1995(The story of New England writing begins some 400 years ag...)
2001(Abolitionists have been painted in extremes—vilified as r...)
2012(In College, prominent cultural critic Andrew Delbanco off...)
2014(In The Real American Dream one of the nation's premier li...)
1999(Delbanco traces the development of Channing's thinking on...)
1981(More than an ecclesiastical or political history, this bo...)
1989(The whole destiny of America is contained in the first Pu...)
1985(Essays discuss nineteenth and twentieth century American ...)
1997(If Dickens was nineteenth-century London personified, Her...)
2005(For decades after its founding, America was really two na...)
2018Quotations: "I am honored to lead the Teagle Foundation, whose mission is close to my heart. Now, more than ever, philanthropy can be an important force in higher education, especially on behalf of students whose aspirations are larger than their resources. I look forward to supporting liberal learning for students from all backgrounds and for the future of our democracy."
Andrew Delbanco became President of The Teagle Foundation on July 1, 2018, and has served on its Board of Directors since 2009 and as chair of its program committee since 2014.
Delbanco is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He was a member of the inaugural class of fellows at the New York Public Library Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Delbanco is also a trustee of the Library of America, former trustee of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, trustee emeritus of the National Humanities Center, and former Vice President of PEN American Center.
For many people, Andrew Delbanco is the definition of a public intellectual. With a combination of deep learning, eloquence, and a deft, original way of considering the national history and literature, he documents the human mise-en-scène in a way that matters today. Delbanco frequently speaks throughout the country, appears in television documentaries, and many of his books are found on the New York Times Notable Books lists.
Quotes from others about the person
"It is the Teagle Foundation's good fortune that Andy Delbanco will be assuming the presidency. He will guide the foundation's future work with focus and dedication while continuing to serve as an inspiring, eloquent voice for higher education." - Judith Shapiro, Teagle president