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Bernard Bailyn

Bernard Bailyn: “Historians know how it all came out, but the people of the time didn’t”

John Fea   |  August 30, 2022

In this 2010 lecture, the late Harvard historian Bernardo Bailyn says: Historians know how it all came out, but the people of the time didn’t. The most important things in their lives was the uncertainty. We haven’t got a clue...

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Bernard Bailyn, RIP

John Fea   |  August 7, 2020

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

John Fea   |  May 25, 2020

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...

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The 1619 Project: Debate Continues

John Fea   |  January 25, 2020

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)...

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“Ideological Origins at 50” Recap

John Fea   |  May 16, 2017

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....

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Tweet of the Day

John Fea   |  April 21, 2017

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!...

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