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Re-Writing the History of the Constitution: from the miraculous to the political

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Cold War Studies Centre Gilder Lehrman public lecture

Date: Tuesday 27 November 2007
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Carol Berkin
Chair: Professor Arne Westad

Was the US constitution the work of confident demigods and innovators or the handiwork of anxious political leaders who relied on longstanding Anglo-American political traditions to save a republican in crisis?

Carol Berkin is presidential distinguished professor of history at Baruch College and The Graduate Centre, CUNY.

Podcast

A podcast of this event is available to download from the LSE public lectures and events podcasts channel.

The next public lecture organised by Cold War Studies Centre will be on Wednesday 5 December and is entitled The United States - Dangerous Nation?

 

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