Seymour Drescher#
| Membership Number: | 2648 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HISTORY & ARCHAEOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.history.pitt.edu/people/seymour-drescher |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1986 Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of History, and Sociology University of Pittsburgh
- 1980 - 1983 Chair, Department of History
- 1998, 2002 Academic Dean, Semester-at-Sea University of Pittsburgh
- 1986, 1987, 1988 Visiting Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
- 1984 - 1985 Secretary, European Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center
- 1969 - 1986 Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh
- 1973 Visiting Professor, Carnegie-Mellon University
- 1972 Professor of Sociology (Joint Appointment, Pittsburgh)
- 1965 - 1969 Associate Professor of History, Pittsburgh
- 1962 - 1965 Assistant Professor of History, Pittsburgh
- 1960 - 1962 Instructor in History, Harvard University
Fields of Scholarship
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- Slavery
Honours and Awards
- 1955 Meade Prize in History (C.C.N.Y.)
- 1957-1958 Fulbright Scholar
- 1965, 1975, 1985, 1987 American Philosophical Society
- 1968 Social Science Research Council
- 1973 - 1974 National Endowment for the Humanities, Senior Fellowship
- 1976, 1984 American Council of Learned Societies (Grants-in-aid)
- 1977 - 1978 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1978 - 1979 Vice President, Society of French Historical Studies
- 1991 University of Pittsburgh Distinguished Research Award
- 1993 Member, Koninklijk Instituut voor Tal-, Land-en Volkenkunde
- 1995 - 1998 Member Alexis de Tocqueville Advisory Committee (CSPAN),
- 2007 Member of the National Board of Trustees, at Beecher House Center for the Study of Equal Rights (2007)
