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James Gilbert Over the course of his career as a historian, he published 11 history texts, one of
which (Perfect Cities) was named a New York Times notable book of the year in 1986. Throughout his
career, he has often succumbed to a love of travel made possible by teaching at the University of Paris
and Warwick University in England, and with Fulbright Awards, at the University of Sydney, the
University of Amsterdam, Erfurt and Tubingen Universities in Germany, and Uppsala University in
Sweden, where he was given an honorary Doctoral Degree. Until 2020, he was the Faculty Fulbright
Adviser at the University of Maryland. Born in Chicago, Gilbert attended Carleton College and then the
University of Wisconsin, earning a doctoral degree in American Intellectual and Cultural History. In
1966, he was hired by the University of Maryland. He was appointed Distinguished University Professor
in 1999. While American history has been his profession, literature has been his passion, and since
retirement, he has written three novels and a book of short stories. He is also a (very) amateur cellist. For
more information, please consult: www.JamesBGilbertAuthor.com