Edward Berenson

Edward Berenson (edward.berenson@nyu.edu) is professor of history at NYU. He is a cultural historian specializing in the history of modern France and its empire, with additional interests in the history of Britain, the British Empire, and the United States. He is the author or editor of nine books, most recently, Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia (Yale University Press, 2025) and The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town (W.W. Norton, 2019). In recent years, he has served as chair of the department of history and director of the Institute of French Studies. In 1999, Berenson received the American Historical Association's Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award, having earlier won UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award. In 2006, French President Jacques Chirac inducted him into France’s Order of Merit.