Events

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

News

The Big Conversation: The Story of Us — Reclaiming the Narrative

January 29, 2022

2022 Sundance Film Festival

TALKS

THE BIG CONVERSATION: THE STORY OF US — RECLAIMING THE NARRATIVE

David Blight, CJ Hunt, Nikyatu Jusu, and Viet Thanh Nguyen joined moderator Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, legal scholar and civil rights advocate, at the Sundance Film Festival for a conversation interrogating how censorship, legislation, and storytelling are creating a distorted national narrative, and the crucial role of new cinematic genres in challenging these myths.

This event premiered live on Jan. 24 at 2:00 p.m. MT

Visit website: https://festival.sundance.org/program/#talk-and-events-info/61b0135a4276b60a3d099b9a

View video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTqwAseP-I8&t=107s