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America’s First Peaceful (Just Barely!) Transfer of Power

University of Colorado, Boulder

The University of Colorado Law School’s 63rd annual John R. Coen Lecture will be presented by Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School, who will explore the history of the United States’ presidential transfer of power. Professor Amar will feature excerpts from his new book, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, and discuss how Thomas Jefferson came to succeed John Adams as president of the United States.

National Archives – Book Launch

National Archives 700 Pennsylvania NW, Washington, DC

Professor Amar appears at the National Archives for the launch [...]

Live at the National Constitution Center

National Constitution Center Independence Mall, 525 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

Jeffrey Rosen, CEO of the National Constitution Center, will interview [...]

Boston Atheneum Book Talk

Boston Atheneum 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA

From the Atheneum website: Book Talk: The Words that Made Us: [...]

Public Morality

Professor Amar discusses The Words That Made Us with host [...]

Book Launch with Rick Brookhiser

New York Historical Society West 77 Street, New York, NY, United States

Join Professor Amar and noted author and expert on the Colonial and Revolutionary period, Rick Brookhiser, for a discussion of Professor Amar’s new book, “The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840.” This event, sponsored by the New York Historical Society, is currently scheduled to be conducted by Zoom.

On Point

Professor Amar discusses The Words That Made Us with On [...]

EverScholar Course: The First American Founding

Columbia University 116th Street and Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Professor Amar is joined by Professor Steven Smith in a week-long endeavor to assess a world-changing event: the American Founding, in historical, legal, philosophical, political, and social perspectives. This course will locate the founding moment in a broader, wider slice of time than have most historians who have told the story of the Revolution.

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