Lecture considers American political traditions

Date of Event: February 23, 2012

Posted: February 10, 2012

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James Kloppenberg

GRANVILLE, Ohio—The recent political landscape of the United States is the topic of a lecture by James Kloppenberg, the Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University. The lecture, titled “The American Political Tradition: Roger Williams to Barack Obama,” will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the auditorium of Denison University’s Higley Hall (100 Ridge Road). The lecture is sponsored by the Sharp Lectures in American History Series and is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Mitchell Snay at 740-587-6599 or visit www.denison.edu.

Kloppenberg specializes in American and European intellectual history. He has written about the rise and fall of social democracy in Europe and America; 18th century American politics and ideas; and the career of the American philosophy of pragmatism from the late 19th to the 21st century. His latest book, “Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition,” will be available at the end of this month.

Calendar Listing:

CALENDAR LISTING, Denison University, Granville—Lecture: “The American Political Tradition: Roger Williams to Barack Obama,” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, in the auditorium of Higley Hall (100 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Mitchell Snay at 740-587-6599 or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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