James G. Basker

On the C-SPAN Networks:
James G. Basker is a President for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History with 20 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Forum. The year with the most videos was 2004 with four videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2015 with an average of 5,329 views per program. Most appearances with Lewis E. Lehrman (3), David Brion Davis (3), Eric Foner (3). Most common tags: African Americans, Lincoln, Abraham, Early American History (1600-1850).

Appearances by Title:c. January 7, 2000 - Present President, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Videos: 17 c. July 14, 2004 - Present Director, Alexander Hamilton Project, New York Historical Society

Videos: 3

Recent Appearances

May 25, 2022
2022 George Washington Book Prize

The 2022 winner of the George Washington Book Prize, Bruce Ragsdale, for Washington at the Plow, was honored at a ceremony held at George…
April 19, 2021
2021 Lincoln Prize

The 2021 Lincoln Prize, for “the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or a subject…
May 10, 2020
The Second Founding

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Eric Foner looked at the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments added to the U.S. Constitution…
February 28, 2019
Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Book TV presented coverage of the 20th annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of…