David I. Kertzer

An anthropologist and historian known for his work on political symbolism, politics and religion, anthropological demography, and modern Italian history. The Dupee University Professor of Social Science at Brown University from 1992 to 2023 and now Research Professor at the Watson School for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, he served as provost of Brown from 2006 to 2011.  Among his many books are the 1997 National Book Award finalist, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara, and The Pope and Mussolini, winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Biography. His most recent book, The Pope at War (2022), examines the role of the Vatican in World War II.