Here is Harvard historian David Armitage: It is with deep sorrow that I share news of the death of Bernard Bailyn (1922-2020) earlier today. Truly a giant: a fine friend, inspirational colleague and unmatched historian of early America and the...
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Os Guinness’s Appeal to the Past is Deeply Problematic
Watch Christian speaker and author Os Guinness deliver a speech titled 1776 vs. 1789: the Roots of the Present Crisis. It is part of an event hosted by the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Someone sent it to me...
The 1619 Project: Debate Continues
When we last left the debate on the 1619 Project, Princeton University historian Sean Wilentz leveled more criticism of the project in a piece at The Atlantic. Social media historians (and some non-historians who are advancing informed and not-so-informed opinions)...
“Ideological Origins at 50” Recap
Last month Yale University hosed a conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bernard Bailyn‘s landmark The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Over at “American Revolutions” blog, Harvard graduate student E.G. Gallwey has provided a nice synopsis of the proceedings....
Tweet of the Day
Big day for American history! Conference honoring #Bailyn50 at Yale, AND Eric Foner retirement conference at Columbia#subwayseries? https://t.co/5Vd2NvvWet — Jennifer Schuessler (@jennyschuessler) April 21, 2017 Bailyn Foner Subway series indeed! And don’t forget the public historians!...