How did America’s youth get the right to vote?
By Jennifer Frost In an extract from her new book “Let Us Vote: Youth Voting Rights and the 26th Amendment,” Jennifer Frost outlines the path towards youth voting rights in the United States. In 1969, pop musicians Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart released...
How did the U.S. gamble with peaceful nuclear technology in a world of growing nuclear arsenals? 🔊
Following the development of the atomic bomb and its use against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States was confronted about the concerns of the development of nuclear weaponry. But the technology also presumably held peaceful uses ranging from the use of nuclear...
Is the United States haunted by its racist past? 🔊
In recent weeks, the news in the United States has been filled with stories of statues and public spaces being altered or removed. These stories are usually connected with America’s racist past, with a particular eye towards the issue of slavery. Is the United States...
How does history help us understand the murder of George Floyd?
By Jennifer Frost Systemic white violence against black Americans is alive and well, and it’s white violence that sustains white supremacy. Current scenes from the United States are both familiar and shocking. George Floyd’s life being brutally snuffed out by...
What is the historical context behind the George Floyd protests? 🔊
Following the death of George Floyd in police custody, calls are growing for people to do the work to truly understand the history of how the United States got to this point. Lillian Hanly spoke with American history associate professor Jennifer Frost about the...
History Masterclass: How can we understand American populism? 🔊
In this history masterclass series, three historians – Paul Taillon, Malcolm Campbell, and Linda Bryder – come together from different specialist areas in the history discipline to address the role of populism as a historical force. In this series, you will hear about...
The gospel of kindness: Animal welfare and the making of modern America ▶
Janet M Davis is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Texas at Austin and is the 2019 Hood Fellow at the University of Auckland. She has written extensively in the areas of United States cultural, social, and...
Q+A: Why is the United States so polarised?
What are the fault lines that have fractured politics in America? Julian Zelizer has analysed the historical roots of the present-day political turmoil, divisions, and partisanship in the US for his new book Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since...
Q+A: How influential is the Presidency of the United States?
How much does the U.S. Presidency matter for the direction of the United States and for the rest of the world? Maria Armoudian speaks with William F. Grover and Joseph G. Peschek about the power of the U.S. presidency and what they term the “unsustainable presidency.”...Subscribe by Email
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