Colin Gordon Calloway (born 1953) is a British-American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

Life

He is the John Kimball, Jr. 1943 Professor of History and a professor of Native American Studies at

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Awards and honors

* 2004

Merle Curti Award The Merle Curti Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social and/or American intellectual history. It is named in honor of Merle Curti Merle Eugene Curti (September 15, 1897 – March ...

* 2004

Caughey Western History Association Prize The Caughey Western History Association Prize is given annually by the Western History Association to the best book published the previous year on the American West. The winner receives $2,500 and a certificate. Winners *2021 - Alice Baumgartner ...

* 2005

Ray Allen Billington Prize The Ray Allen Billington Prize is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for the best book about American frontier history. The "American frontier" includes all of North and South America, all post-1492 pioneer experiences ...

* 2014 Honorary Doctorate from

University of Lucerne The University of Lucerne (UNILU; German: ''Universität Luzern'') is a public university with a campus in Lucerne, Switzerland. 1,460 undergraduates and 1,258 postgraduate students attend the university, which makes it Switzerland's smallest un ...

* 2018 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction shortlist for ''The Indian World of George Washington''

Works

* * ''First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History'' (1999) * * * * * * * *

Editor

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Anthologies

References

External links

"American Indians and the French-English War", ''Forum Network'', September 28, 2005
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calloway, Colin G. 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers 1953 births Living people American male non-fiction writers