David I. Kertzer

David I. Kertzer is Research Professor at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs and the Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science and professor of anthropology and Italian studies, emeritus, at Brown University, where he served as provost from 2006 to 2011. He is the author of thirteen previous books, including The Pope and Mussolini, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the American Historical Association prize for best book on Italian history; The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, a finalist for the National Book Award in 1997; and New York Times bestseller The Pope at War (2022). He has twice been awarded the Marraro Prize from the Society for Italian Historical Studies for the best book on Italian history and in 2005 was elected to membership in the American Association of Arts and Sciences. He and his wife, Susan, live in Harpswell, Maine, and Rome, Italy.