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October 5 is World Teachers Day!
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Living, creating, and judging history
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August 20 is National Radio Day!
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August 20 is National Radio Day!
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August 20 is National Radio Day!
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Wilfred McClay: Why We Need the Liberal Arts
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On this day in 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form in The National Era
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On this day in 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form in The National Era
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On this day in 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form in The National Era
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On this day in 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form in The National Era
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On this day in 1851, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was first published in serial form in The National Era
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Happy Memorial Day!
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Happy Memorial Day!
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Happy Memorial Day!
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National Hamburger Day!
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National Hamburger Day!
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National Hamburger Day!
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May 13 is National Apple Pie Day!
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May 13 is National Apple Pie Day!
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May 13 is National Apple Pie Day!
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On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park was established in Montana
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On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park was established in Montana
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On May 11, 1910, Glacier National Park was established in Montana
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On May 8, 1877, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opened in New York City’s Gilmore’s Garden
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On May 8, 1877, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opened in New York City’s Gilmore’s Garden
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On May 8, 1877, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opened in New York City’s Gilmore’s Garden
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University of Dallas: American Studies Institute Day – “American Grounding: People and Place in America”
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David A. Smith: A New Force at Sea – George Dewey and the Rise of the American Navy
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Menard Family George Washington Forum at Ohio University
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University of North Texas: Tocqueville and Today
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Louisiana State University: Microhistory and the Malleability of Identity in Nineteenth Century America
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Political Theory and American Politics at City College of New York-CUNY
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of History at Benedictine College
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Wilfred McClay: Can We Become a Serious Country Again?
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Michael Zuckert: A Nation So Conceived – Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty
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Elliott Drago: Street Diplomacy – The Politics of Slavery and Freedom in Philadelphia, 1820–1850
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University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Thinking about Reparations
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Allen C. Guelzo: Abraham Lincoln – Redeemer President, 2nd Edition
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Harvard: Whig Improvement and Constitutional Conservation
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas State University
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of American Political Thought and/or American Political Development at the University of Missouri
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Apply Now: Visiting Faculty Fellow in Classics, History, Literature, Law, Philosophy, and Political Science at the University of Florida
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Call for Scholarly Contributions: Flag Day Monument
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The Hero of Fort Wagner
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The Fort Stevens Incident
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Apply Now: Inaugural Managing Director, Moynihan Center at City College of New York
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Apply Now: Program Manager at the Union League Legacy Foundation
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University of Nevada-Las Vegas: Honesty and Optimism – A Talk on Slavery and Racism
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Harvard: His Greatest Speeches – How Lincoln Moved the Nation
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University of North Texas: Frederick Douglass’s America
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Institutions and APT at City College of New York-CUNY
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University of North Texas: Jefferson and the Native Americans
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Apply Now: Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Political History at the University of Missouri
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Apply Now: Instructional Assistant Professor of American History at the University of Houston
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of U.S. History at Bellarmine University
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Allen C. Guelzo: Robert E. Lee – A Life
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Apply Now: Director of Teacher Programs at the Ashbrook Center
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Christopher Newport: 2021 Annual Conference on America’s Founding Principles and History
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Apply Now: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Early U.S. History at Pomona College
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Jonathan White: “Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln”
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Wilfred McClay: Civic Education, Rightly Understood
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American Enterprise Institute: “How Our History Can Unify Us”
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National Association of Scholars: “The College Board and the Undermining of American History”
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Mount Vernon: 2020 George Washington Symposium
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Apply Now: Editorship at Civil War History Journal
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Nathan Schlueter: Hamilton – “Who Tells Your Story?”
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The American Mind: Bernard Dobski on “The Monuments of Our Republic”
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Christopher Newport University: 2020 Summer Teacher Webinar Series
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Christianity in America and Christian Political Thought
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James Madison, Father of the Constitution
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Frederick Douglass and 19th Century American Political Thought
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Abraham Lincoln and the Preservation of the Union
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George Washington, Father of Our Country
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Kinder Institute: Slavery and Politics at the University of Missouri
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Happy Birthday, Benjamin Franklin!
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Happy Birthday, Alexander Hamilton!
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Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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Seasons Greetings from the Jack Miller Center!
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Jack Miller Center!
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UCLA: Was Reconstruction a Lost Moment?
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Happy Birthday, John Adams!
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The Federalist Papers
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Happy Free Speech Week from the Jack Miller Center!
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Resources on Impeachment
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John Agresto: Civic Education and Patriotism
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Kinder Institute: Rethinking the History of American Government
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Interview: Wilfred McClay on Land of Hope
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Judaism, Political Thought, and Jewish-Americans
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Kinder Institute: Reflections on the Panic of 1819
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Apply Now: New NEH Initiative, “A More Perfect Union”
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Happy Labor Day from the Jack Miller Center!
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Wilfred McClay: The Weaponization of History
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The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment
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Apply Now: National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
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The Declaration of Independence and the Birth of the United States
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Happy Flag Day from the Jack Miller Center!
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Wilfred McClay: Land of Hope
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A JMC Conversation on Immigration
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Judicial Federalism and the Diffusion of Power
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The Western Frontier of the Revolution
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Labor Day: An American Tradition
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The Development of Democracy
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Key Texts during Reconstruction
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Was the American Revolution a Just War?
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Diana Schaub on Conversations with Bill Kristol
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Founding Feud: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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The Oligarchy of the American South
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Call for Papers: Conference on the Missouri Crisis
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The Congress That Forgot Its Purpose
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Podcast: Wilfred McClay on the Nature of Patriotism
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Understanding the Civil War
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The Reliability of Madison’s Convention Notes
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Conference on the History of American Global Affairs
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Lincoln’s Example of Political Leadership
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The Peculiarity of American Democracy
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Patterns of American Politics
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How Losing Parties Shape American Politics
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How Well Did the Founders Know the Bible?
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Why American Patriotism is Peculiar
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How Protestant Missionaries Paved the Way for Liberalism
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The Legacy of Japanese Prison Camps in the U.S.
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Does the Constitution Condone or Condemn Slavery?
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Thomas Jefferson: Forging American Liberty
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Frederick Douglass, An Architect of American Liberty
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When Political Order Collapses
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Kinder Institute Conference: Early American Religion and Politics
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Upcoming Princeton Panel on Alexander Hamilton
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Founding Fathers: Devils or Demigods?
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How Geography Shaped America’s Self-Understanding
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How Voting Emerged in the Early American Republic
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Recommended Readings for Black History Month
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Gordon Wood: the Importance of Early American History
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Rhetoric and the Presidency
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A Catholic Take on the American Constitution
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Lincoln and Ellison: Writers of Social Responsibility
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The Rise and Fall of the State of the Union
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The Diaries of John Quincy Adams
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Job Opportunity at Alma College: Visiting Assistant Professor in Politics & History
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What Can the 1890 Election Tell Us About 2018?
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Public Education and American Civic Life
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JMC Celebrates the Life of Martin Luther King Jr
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Podcast: Judaism and the American Founding
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Kinder Lecture on Representation in America
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Missouri Event on Black Women’s Battle for Economic Justice
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Panel at Missouri: The Gold Rush Trio
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Joshua Lynn on the Antebellum Democratic Party
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JMC Fellow Gordon Wood Writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer
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Federalist Papers Published 229 Years Ago
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A Declaration of Life and Liberty
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JMC Fellow Writes on Catholicism and the American Founding
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