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Edward Lynn "Ed" Ayers〔In his podcast, ''Backstory,'' Ayers introduces himself as "Ed Ayers."〕 (born January 22, 1953) is an American historian, professor, administrator, and ninth president of the University of Richmond, serving from 2007 to 2015. In July 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama at a White House ceremony.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.neh.gov/about/awards/national-humanities-medals/edward-l-ayers )〕 Ayers is the author of four and editor of seven books on the history of nineteenth-century America. His book, ''In the Presence of Mine Enemies, Civil War in the Heart of America'', won the Bancroft Prize for distinguished writing in American history〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/04/03/bancroft.html )〕 and the Beveridge Prize for the best book in English on the history of the Americas since 1492.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.historians.org/prizes/awarded/BeveridgeWinner.cfm )〕 ''The Promise of the New South: Life After Reconstruction'' was a finalist for both the National Book Award〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1992.html#.UiXs4B_puJN )〕 and the Pulitzer Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/History )〕 Ayers received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies from the University of Tennessee in 1974. He then earned both a Master of Arts and a doctorate in American studies from Yale University. During his presidency he developed of (The Richmond Promise ), a five-year strategic plan to guide University priorities. In addition to teaching a first-year seminar, Ayers serves as a senior research fellow with the University’s (Digital Scholarship Lab ), which creates digital tools to reveal the patterns of American history. Prior to his appointment as President of the University of Richmond, he had been on the faculty of the University of Virginia since 1980, most recently as the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History and the Buckner W. Clay Dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.〔(University of Richmond President's Office: About Dr. Ayers )〕 In 2003, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named Ayers National Professor of the Year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/ayers_award.html )〕 ==Public history== Recently, he has chaired the National Endowment for the Humanities program that explored the preliminary emancipation proclamation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130217131917/http://emancipation.neh.gov/ )〕 He also chaired the first Signature Conference of the Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the American Civil War Commission,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/meetinginfo/annual_report/2008_annual_report.pdf )〕 and currently chairs the Steering Committee of The Future of Richmond’s Past which sponsors Civil War and Emancipation Day and inclusive conversations to advance a better understanding of Richmond’s shared history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://futureofrichmondspast.org/partners/index.html )〕 Ayers served as Senior Scholar for Making Sense of the American Civil War program sponsored nationally by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association’s Public Program Office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ala.org/programming/civilwar/civilwar-infoforlibraries )〕 Ayers is also one of three co-hosts of the nationally syndicated public radio program "BackStory with The American History Guys," broadcast on 36 stations around the country each week and has been downloaded more than 2.7 million times through podcasts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://soundcloud.com/backstory )〕 The program, which takes a topic from current headlines and examines it in historical context, began in 2008 and is supported in part by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://backstoryradio.org/about/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward L. Ayers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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