The Cigarette: A Political History

A Preview Interview with Dr. Sarah Milov The untold political story of the most controversial consumer product in American history. Tobacco is the quintessential American product. From Jamestown to the […]

Rethinking American Grand Strategy

A Preview Interview with Dr. Christopher Nichols A Preview Interview with Dr. Andrew Preston A Preview Interview with Dr. Jeffrey Engel A wide-ranging rethinking of the many factors that comprise […]

To Bigotry No Sanction

 A historic musical performance featuring members of The Philadelphia Orchestra. The Center for Presidential History is proud to partner with Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in their presentation of To […]

Red, Blue, and Brown: Tejano History, Politics, and the 2022 Election

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

  Election seasons have always been filled with political and partisan appeals to various groups of people: special interest groups, religious organizations, ethnic voting blocs, and more. One group which has received a dramatic increase in political and journalistic attention over the last few years are Tejanos: Texans of Mexican or Hispanic descent. Much digital […]

Unsettled Land: From Revolution to Republic, the Struggle for Texas

Dallas Hall 306 (McCord Auditorium) 3225 University Blvd, Dallas, TX, United States

  The Texas Revolution has long been cast as an epic episode in the origins of the American West. As the story goes, larger-than-life figures like Sam Houston, David Crockett, and William Barret Travis fought to free Texas from repressive Mexican rule. In Unsettled Land (Basic, 2022), historian Sam Haynes reveals the reality beneath this powerful creation myth. He shows how the lives of ordinary people—white Americans, Mexicans, Native Americans, and those […]