Event Title
Why History Matters: Race and National Identity
Description
Dr. Onuf will reflect on the importance of history in the era of partisan political polarization and "fake news." Through better understanding the past's complexity we can discover who we have been, who we are, and who we are becoming. Thomas Jefferson has served as a particularly controversial--and therefore particularly important--touchstone in the ongoing construction of American national identity.
About the Lecturer: Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History Emeritus, University of Virginia, was trained as a colonial American historian at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Jack P. Greene. He is an expert in the history of the American founding era and the early republic, with particular interest in democracy, federalism, political economy, geopolitics, and race. His most recent work focuses on the political thought of Thomas Jefferson.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
19-4-2017 12:00 PM
End Date
19-4-2017 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Political science--United States--History; Political parties--United States--History; National characteristics, American--History--20th century; Racism--Political aspects--United States
Geographic Coverage
United States--Politics and government
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Partisan politics, Fake news, Thomas Jefferson, American national identity
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Why History Matters: Race and National Identity
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Dr. Onuf will reflect on the importance of history in the era of partisan political polarization and "fake news." Through better understanding the past's complexity we can discover who we have been, who we are, and who we are becoming. Thomas Jefferson has served as a particularly controversial--and therefore particularly important--touchstone in the ongoing construction of American national identity.
About the Lecturer: Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Professor of History Emeritus, University of Virginia, was trained as a colonial American historian at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with Jack P. Greene. He is an expert in the history of the American founding era and the early republic, with particular interest in democracy, federalism, political economy, geopolitics, and race. His most recent work focuses on the political thought of Thomas Jefferson.
