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What holds true in my academic work is just as true in my work for broader public audiences. Whether in documentaries, in person, in teacher workshops, in historical consulting, or in editorials, I focus on the human experience of the past.
Open Yale Courses
Filmed in session in 2010, my American Revolution lecture course has been watched or heard in tens of thousands of homes and schools around the world.
Q&A With Joanne Freeman on C-SPAN
October 7, 2018
An interview with Brian Lamb about The Field of Blood, with shout-outs to Hamilton, Hamilton: An American Musical, and the podcast BackStory.
The Field of Blood
September 20, 2018
A book talk and Q&A with an enthusiastic crowd at Politics and Prose Bookstore.
Museum of the American Revolution
November 17, 2017
Researching Alexander Hamilton
A look at the joys and challenges of uncovering Hamilton's character and political mindset in his private papers.
BookStory
June 29, 2017
A discussion of The Essential Hamilton on BackStory's online book club.
Miller Center at the University of Virginia
March 30, 2017
"A Shilly-Shally Thing": The Constitution, the Presidency, and Alexander Hamilton
The Bush Center
March 18, 2017
Hamilton's Chris Jackson, Hamilton's America director and producer Alex Horwitz, and I discuss Alexander Hamilton the man, the musical, and the documentary.
Manhattan College
February 15, 2017
The Robert J. Christen Lecture, "Hamilton: The Man, the Myth, the Musical," Part 1 of 2
Manhattan College
February 15, 2017
The Robert J. Christen Lecture, "Hamilton: The Man, the Myth, the Musical," Part 2 of 2
Great Performances (PBS)
October 21, 2016
Hamilton's America
The making of Hamilton: An American Musical, and the life and times of Alexander Hamilton.
Library of America
October 11, 2016
Responses to a series of questions submitted in advance about Alexander Hamilton's life and times.
New York Public Library
September 12, 2016
"Hamilton and the Election of 1800," a panel discussion with Brian Murphy and Mark Boonshoft.
National History Center
January 29, 2016
"Political Partisanship in the United States," a paper and panel discussion with Brian Balogh.
Trinity Church
Open Yale Courses
Filmed in session in 2010
"History 116: The American Revolution," a series of 25 lectures.
American Experience (PBS)
The History Channel
May 27, 2002
Founding Brothers
A survey of the personal lives and challenges that faced America's Founders at the onset of the nation's new constitutional government.