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Roosevelt Montás

Senior Lecturer in the Center for American Studies at Columbia University

Senior Lecturer in the Center for American Studies at Columbia University

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Roosevelt Montás Biography

Roosevelt Montás is Senior Lecturer in American Studies and English at Columbia University. He holds an A.B. (1995), an M.A. (1996), and a Ph.D. (2004) in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. He was Director of the Center for the Core Curriculum at Columbia College from 2008 to 2018.

Montás specializes in Antebellum American literature and culture, with a particular interest in American citizenship. His dissertation, Rethinking America: Abolitionism and the Antebellum Transformation of the Discourse of National Identity, won Columbia University’s 2004 Bancroft Award. In 2000, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student.

Montás teaches “Introduction to Contemporary Civilization in the West,” a year-long course on primary texts in moral and political thought, as well as seminars in American Studies including “Freedom and Citizenship in the United States.” He is Director of the Center for American Studies’ Freedom and Citizenship Program in collaboration with the Double Discovery Center.

He speaks and writes on the history, meaning, and future of liberal education and is author of "Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation" (Princeton University Press, 2021).

Roosevelt Montás Videos

  • Roosevelt Montás |The Liberal Arts: why they matter more than ever
    What is the effect of reading a whole curriculum of ‘Great Books’? Can prolonged exposure to such texts radically alter the course of a life? Can...
  • Roosevelt Montás Lecture at St. John's College
    “Great Books Education: Two Millennia of Corrupting Youth & Challenging Authority” Livestreamed Friday, April 15, 2022 at 8 p.m. ET St....
  • Roosevelt Montás: Rescuing Socrates
    Join us for a virtual conversation with Roosevelt Montás to discuss how a classical, liberal education is still spreading, both in-person and over...

Roosevelt Montás Books

  • Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation
    Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation

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