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Professor of History, Yale. Early US politics & culture. Expert on politicians behaving badly & A. Ham(ilton). Writing book on physical violence in US Congress

New Haven, CT
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Joined December 2009
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    Nov 12

    History doesn't repeat but it TEACHES. It enables you to envision the future--for better or worse--by revealing how present echoes past.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    There's a "Professor watch-list" that really exists, to target "radical" professors. And there's this. I'm walking away for a few.....

    2016.
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  3. 1 hour ago

    You have made me a happy camper. And a camper who really has to get her book out.

    History Professor: "Let's talk about violence in Congress" Me: *whips out every interview I can find*
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  4. 2 hours ago

    OK--amidst our floating angst, here's a silly bit of video that's Thanksgiving appropriate (& made me laugh, so I can't help but share it.)

    I'm allowed to show you this because I'm a vegetarian. P.S. Watch the whole thing.
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  5. 2 hours ago

    I do sometimes use Affairs of Honor in classes, but often to discuss HOW it was written, to teach undergrads about "doing history."

    Do you use it already or is that weird to reference your own?
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  6. 2 hours ago

    Yale University Press just asked me to examine "Affairs of Honor" for use in my classes.

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  7. 4 hours ago

    BREAKING: Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway to step down June 30, 2017, two years before his term ends, to become provost at Northwestern.

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  8. 8 hours ago

    Lindsay is completing her dissertation on Washington's cabinet, so she's an expert on the cabinet and its precedents.

    Interested in learning about how Washington's precedent guides modern presidents? Check out this article I wrote:
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  9. 8 hours ago

    Big thx to all who gave coffee advice, which I'll test tomorrow AM. Gen'l agreement: a bit finer grind, more steeping time. (Good morning!)

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  10. 19 hours ago

    Ha! The book has brief introductions to each section of letters explaining what A.Ham was doing at that point & highlighting some letters.

    Is there a Google Translate for A. Ham-ese? I consider myself a smart gal, but, Oy!
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  11. 19 hours ago

    Hamilton wasn't. He considered the Constitution too weak to hold the republic together. Madison was more optimistic.

    Were the founders optimistic about the future of the republic? I think 240 years was a pretty good run
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  12. 19 hours ago

    First paragraph of the first Federalist essay -- which somehow seems fitting right now:

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  13. 20 hours ago

    Wow. One quote? Too many that I like for different reasons. First paragraph of the first Federalist seems fitting right now...

    I'll totally be getting this in the near future!😁 Do you have a favorite A. Ham quote?
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  14. 20 hours ago

    Retweeting this for those who missed it. My book of A.Ham letters is up on Amazon (for pre-order). !!

    We are extremely proud to announce: THE ESSENTIAL HAMILTON, edited by , arriving spring 2017.
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  15. 20 hours ago

    Us too. I always like the first whisper of snow in winter. The first full-fledged snow yelp: not so much.

    And we have our first flurries…
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  16. 20 hours ago

    SO true. Part of my historian brain keeps thinking about the billions of dissertations being born of this election.

    Such rich material. Dissertations are made out of less than this. cc
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  17. Nov 20

    Given the events swirling around us in recent days, I'm retweeting this.

    History doesn't repeat but it TEACHES. It enables you to envision the future--for better or worse--by revealing how present echoes past.
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  18. Nov 20

    Wesleyan University a Sanctuary Campus

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  19. Nov 20

    Oh, one more thing, ! My 12-year-old niece wrote this for you. (Proud aunt couldn't help sending it.)

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  20. Nov 20

    Hey, , best wishes for your future. Thanks for making my niece the happiest person on earth w/a backstage tour.

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  21. Nov 20

    Thanks, M! (This makes me laugh, given that you know how REALLY low-tech I was just a few years back...)

    Early American historians for :
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