Simon SCHAMA

Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York, and was awarded a CBE in 2001. Since 1995 he has been art and culture critic for the New Yorker and an essayist for The Guardian. His award-winning books include Citizens, Rembrandt's Eyes and the History of Britain trilogy. His most recent book, The American Future, was published in 2008.