I am Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Berkeley. I have published seven books and over forty essays in publications from the United States, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and Britain, My work explores arts and literary networks, movements, and institutions in the United States, with a focus on international connections and exchange. Long active in oral history, for the last six years I've been working with Voices of Contemporary Art offering two-day workshops on interviewing artists. Recently, I've been working on two international projects: the Handbook of Transatlantic Cultural History since 1750 and Ekphrasis, an interdisciplinary group exploring the poetics of text and image. For more info, please visit my web site at www.richardcandidasmith.com.
