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Trump Versus History II | TNR Live
Trump Versus History II | TNR Live
November 3

"Trump Versus History: How Trump is trying to change our sense of who we are."

Historians "have opened the gates of historical knowledge to myriad new subjects and methods that have educated a largely curious and willing world. Now we have to mobilize to defend our profession not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion." What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?, David W. Blight; The New Republic, September, 2025

In this TNR Live, Blight talks with some fellow academics on how they must fight to preserve our history AND democracy.

With

David W. Blight, Sterling Professor of American History, Yale University

Geraldo Cadava, Wender-Lewis Teaching and Research Professor of History, Northwestern University; contributing writer, The New Yorker

Edward Ayers, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of the Humanities, University of Richmond

Molly Worthen, journalist, professor of history, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Join them Monday, November 3, 2025 | 4:00-5:00 PM EST | Virtual

For more information and to register:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-versus-history-ii-tickets-1735550380909?aff=oddtdtcreator

See their recent articles for The New Republic here:https://newrepublic.com/series/67/trump-history-authoritarianism


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History of Divisive Presidential Elections | Washington Journal

December 28, 2020

David Blight on the History of Divisive Presidential Elections

Yale University American History professor David Blight talked about the history of divisive presidential elections in the U.S. and parallels between the 2020 election and the election of 1860 which led to the Civil War.

View Video: https://www.c-span.org/video/?507322-5/washington-journal-david-blight-discusses-history-divisive-presidential-elections

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