Speakers
Moderator: Andrew Porwancher, Director of Graduate Studies, SCETL, ASU Speaker: Jonathan Gienapp, Associate Professor of History and Law, Stanford University Speaker: Elizabeth Kaufer Busch, Co-Director of the Center for American Studies, Laura and Pete Walker Professor of American Studies, Christopher Newport University
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Event Type
The Civic Discourse Project
Academic Year
2023-2024
Civic Discourse Project season
Civics, Patriotism, and America's Prospects
Video Title
SCETL Spring Conference Panel 4
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The upcoming sequence of anniversaries over the next few years focuses renewed attention on the American Revolution. How should a history with an increasingly contested understanding be taught? Where does it fit in civic education? How does commemorating key episodes in our American story relate to historical scholarship?