Peter Sagal’s Constitution Sessions: The Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
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About the Event:
Join us for a panel with esteemed faculty from the University of Chicago, who will discuss the construction, reception, and contemporary significance of the Declaration of Independence on America’s 250th birthday. The conversation will be moderated by NPR’s Peter Sagal.
Hear from:
- Eric Slauter, Deputy Dean of the Humanities Division and Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division, Associate Professor of English
- Steve Pincus, Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of British History and the College
- Alison LaCroix, Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law, Associate Member of the Department of History
This program is presented as part of the annual Karla Scherer Endowed Lecture Series and in partnership with the University of Chicago Division of the Arts & Humanities.
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Alison L. LaCroix
Alison L. LaCroix is the Robert Newton Reid Professor of Law at the University of Chicago, where she is also an Associate Member o...
Eric Slauter
Eric Slauter is Deputy Dean of the Humanities and the College at the University of Chicago, where he is an associate professor in ...
Steve Pincus
Steve Pincus is a historian of Britain and its Empire, of comparative revolutions, comparative empires, and of northern Europe mor...
Peter Sagal
Peter Sagal is or has been an author, journalist, playwright, columnist, foreign correspondent, podcaster, and, for the last 28 ye...
University of Chicago - Ida Noyes Hall
Max Palevsky Cinema, Cloister Hall, West Lounge
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