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February 8, 2021

RECAP: “‘A terror to others’: Thomas Jefferson’s Quiet Campaign against the Slave Trade,” colloquium w/ Andrew J. B. Fagal (TJ Papers) and Craig Hollander (College of NJ)

For a figure as studied as Thomas Jefferson, relatively little ink has been spilled on his time in the executive office. We get the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark expedition in our textbooks, Jefferson Papers Associate Editor Andrew J. B. Fagal noted, and if we’re lucky, The Embargo Act. Similarly, as understandably central […]

January 26, 2021

RECAP: “Hidden Laws: Understanding the Resilience of the American Constitution,” Colloquium with Howard University Prof. Robinson Woodward-Burns

The question at the heart of Howard University Assistant Professor of Political Science Robinson Woodward-Burns’ January 22 talk at the Kinder Institute—likewise the question at the heart of his forthcoming Yale University Press monograph—is a straightforward one: How, amidst continuous calls for reform, has the U.S. Constitution not only survived but survived in relatively stable […]