Stephen F. Cohen
| Stephen F. Cohen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Stephen Frand Cohen November 25, 1938 Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Occupation | Author, historian |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | MA, BA, Ph.D |
| Alma mater | Indiana University, Columbia University |
| Spouse | Lynn Blair (divorced) Katrina vanden Heuvel (m. 1988) |
| Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Stephen Frand Cohen (born November 25, 1938) is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University. His academic work concentrates on modern Russian history since the Bolshevik Revolution and the country's relationship with the United States. Cohen is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the progressive magazine The Nation, where he is also a contributing editor. Cohen is also the founding director of the reestablished American Committee for East-West Accord.
Cohen's family is Jewish. His grandfather emigrated to the United States from Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire).
Stephen Cohen was born in 1938 in Owensboro, Kentucky where his father owned a golf course, and attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he earned a B.S. degree and an M.A. degree in Russian Studies. While studying in England, he went on a four-week trip to the Soviet Union, where he became interested in its history and politics. Cohen, who received his Ph.D. in government and Russian studies at Columbia University, became a professor of politics and Russian studies at Princeton University in 1968, where he taught until 1998, and has been teaching at New York University since.
Cohen is well known in both Russian and American circles. He is a long-standing friend of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, advised former U.S. President George H.W. Bush in the late 1980s, helped Nikolai Bukharin's widow, Anna Larina, rehabilitate her name during the Soviet era, and met Joseph Stalin's daughter, Svetlana.
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