BerensonEdward Berenson is Professor and Chair of the History Department at New York University. He specializes in the history of modern France and its empire, with additional interests in the history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States, aswell as the history of memory and memorialization and the history of celebrity and charisma. He is an accomplished teacher, having received the American Historical Association's Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award and UCLA's Distinguished Teaching Award. His contributions to French studies and to Franco-American understanding earned him a prestigious decoration from former French President Jacques Chirac: Knight in the Order of Merit (2006). Berenson has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Social Science Research Council, and he is the author or editor of eight books. Read More Read Less