KEITH HITCHINS (1931–2020) a fost profesor de istorie la University of Illinois, cu specialitatea Romania si Europa de Sud-Est. A intreprins, dupa 1960, numeroase calatorii documentare in Romania pentru a stringe materialele necesare redactarii unor volume precum The Rumanian National Movement in Transylvania, 1780–1849 (Harvard University Press, 1969), Orthodoxy and Nationality: Andreiu Saguna and the Rumanians of Transylvania, 1846–1873 (Harvard University Press, 1977; editia in limba romana: Ortodoxie si nationalitate, Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 1995) si A Nation Discovered: Romanian Intellectuals in Transylvania and the Idea of Nation, 1700–1848 (Editura Enciclopedica, 1999) si A Nation Affirmed: The Romanian National Movement in Transylvania, 1860–1914 (Editura Enciclopedica, 1999; editia in limba romana: Afirmarea natiunii: Miscarea nationala romaneasca din Transilvania, 1860–1914, Editura Enciclopedica, 2000). A mai scris si o istorie a Romaniei moderne in doua volume: The Romanians, 1774–1866 (Oxford University Press, 1996; editia in limba romana: Romanii, 1774–1866, Editura Humanitas, 1998, 2004, 2013), Rumania, 1866–1947 (Oxford University Press, 1994; editia in limba romana: Romania, 1866–1947, Editura Humanitas, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2013). Cele mai recente volume publicate sunt: Ion Bratianu: Romania. The Peace Conferences of 1919–23 (Haus Publishing, 2011) si A Concise History of Romania (Cambridge University Press, 2013). A fost membru de onoare al Academiei Romane (din 1991) si doctor honoris causa al universitatilor din Cluj (1991), Sibiu (1993), Alba Iulia (2001), Targu Mures (2005), Timisoara (2008) si Iasi (2008).