Roger Schlesinger

About the Author

Roger Schlesinger is a distinguished historian specializing in the transformative encounters between the Old World and the New during the age of exploration. With a career spanning decades of meticulous research and teaching, he has illuminated the profound ways in which the discovery of the Americas reshaped European society, economy, and culture. His seminal work, 'In the Wake of Columbus: The Impact of The New World on Europe, 1492 - 1650 (European History Series),' offers a comprehensive analysis of how transatlantic exchanges influenced everything from trade routes to intellectual paradigms in the early modern period. Schlesinger's scholarship bridges primary sources and interdisciplinary insights, making complex historical dynamics accessible to both academics and general readers. A professor emeritus at a leading university, he continues to contribute to historical discourse through lectures and forthcoming publications.