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  1. Edward Lynn "Ed" Ayers (born January 22, 1953; Asheville, North Carolina) is an American historian, professor, administrator, and university president. In July 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony for Ayers's commitment "to making our history as widely available and accessible as ...

  2. Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and President Emeritus. Edward Ayers has been named National Professor of the Year, received the National Humanities Medal from President Obama at the White House, served as president of the Organization of American Historians, and won the Bancroft Prize for distinguished writing in American history.

  3. Edward L. Ayers | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Edward Ayers is university professor of the humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond as well as former Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia.

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  5. Jan 23, 2018 · Stories. Interview With Edward L. Ayers: Blurring Boundaries. Drawing on personal stories, Ed Ayers follows two counties through the Confederate invasion of Gettysburg to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox and the contentious struggles that followed to cross “the boundary between the war and Reconstruction.” by Sarah Richardson 1/23/2018.

  6. Jun 19, 2020 · Edward L. Ayers, the president of the University of Richmond, has written 10 books about the Civil War, the South and American history. He also co-hosts the public radio program Backstory . Ayers advocates linking commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War to the end of slavery and argues that America should acknowledge the ...

  7. Jan 12, 2018 · By Edward L. Ayers. Illustrated. 576 pp. W. W. Norton. $35. Despite all the talk today about the divisions between red and blue states, the Civil War remains the most divisive moment in our...

  8. Edward "Ed" Ayers is President Emeritus and Professor of Humanities at the University of Richmond. He serves as President of the Organization of American Historians and Executive Editor of Bunk. Edward Ayers is an historian of the American South and a pioneer of digital history.

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