Simon Schama

Simon Schama is Professor of History and Art History at Columbia University and the author of many books, including Rough Crossings, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction, and The Embarrassment of Riches. He is a Contributing Editor to the Financial Times for which he writes on politics and culture and has written and presented more than fifty documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and the History Channel, including The Power of Art, which won the 2007 International Emmy for Best Arts Programming.