Stanley Nider Katz (born April 23, 1934 in

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) is an American historian specializing in American legal and constitutional history and the history of

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. He is director of the

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Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies and director emeritus of the

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. He graduated from

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with an AB (1955), MA (1959), and PhD in American colonial history (1961). He taught at Harvard from 1961 to 1965, serving as Allston Burr Senior Tutor of

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from 1963 to 1965. He went on to teach at the

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(1965–70), the

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(1970–78), Princeton University (1978–1986), and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In addition to serving as president of the

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(1987-1988), Katz served as president of the American Council of Learned Societies from 1986 to 1997, for which he was awarded a 2010 United States

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. Katz was elected to the

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in 1991 and the

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in 1996. Katz served as a board member of th
New Jersey Council for the Humanities
ref> for 37 years, including many as Chair. In recognition of his service to the organization and the humanities, NJCH announced the creation of the Stanley N. Katz Prize for Excellence in Public Humanities. Beginning in 2022, the award will be given annually to recognize an organization that has demonstrated significant engagement with and impact through community-focused public humanities work in New Jersey.

References

* "Stanley Nider Katz." ''Directory of American Scholars''. Gale, 2002. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 2 Mar. 2011. * "Stanley Nider Katz." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 2 Mar. 2011.

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