Henry Louis Gates headshot
Past Visitor

Henry Louis Gates

Affiliation

Social Science
Historical Studies

Dates at IAS

Visitor
School of Social Science
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

University of Cambridge, UK
Ph.D.
1979
University of Cambridge, UK
M.A.
1979
Yale University
B.A.
1973

Honors

2009
Ebony Magazine Power 150 List
2008
Ralph Lowell Award, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
2006
Jay B. Hubbell Award for Lifetime Achievement, Modern Language Association
1998
National Humanities Medal
1981
MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

Appointments

Harvard University
1991–2006
W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Humanities