American democracy is under massive strain, and our country has spent years in a state of shock and deep disquiet. What are the challenges we face as a democracy, both today and moving forward?
Join Princeton professor and CNN political analyst Julian E. Zelizer for the IU Department of History's 32nd annual Paul V. McNutt Lecture. Although the event is happening in Bloomington, our guest has graciously agreed to broadcast his talk via a free webcast.
The webcast is open to anyone who registers, but will not be archived. It will be viewable through broadcast.iu.com. No sign-in will be required.
You can RSVP for the livestream presentation via the form below. We hope you can join us for the event!
American democratic institutions are under massive strain. The country has been in a state of shock and awe about what can happen under the leadership of someone such as President Trump. But the challenges that we face as a democracy run much deeper than the current president. Offering historical perspective, Professor Zelizer will examine three major long-term challenges that our democracy faces, all of which have moved front and center during the current presidency.
Julian E. Zelizer has been among the pioneers in the revival of American political history. He is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a CNN political analyst and a regular guest on NPR’s "Here and Now." Zelizer is the author and editor of 20 books including, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society (2015), which won the D.B. Hardeman Prize for the Best Book on Congress.
His most recent book, co-authored with Kevin Kruse, is Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (Norton). In April 2020, Penguin will publish Zelizer's newest book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, The Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party. He is currently writing a book about Abraham Joshua Heschel for the Jewish Lives Series of Yale University Press. Zelizer, who has published over 1,000 op-eds, has received fellowships from the Brookings Institution, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the New York Historical Society, and New America. He also co-hosts a popular podcast called Politics & Polls.
The Department of History’s annual McNutt Lecture honors Paul V. McNutt, who was dean of the Indiana University School of Law from 1925 to 1933, then became Indiana's governor and later served as U.S. High Commissioner to the Philippines, director of the Federal Security Agency, and chairman of the War Manpower Commission during World War II.
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