Julian E. Zelizer

Julian Zelizer
Born1969 (age 54–55)
EducationBrandeis University (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)
Spouses
Nora Moran
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(m. 1996, divorced)​
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(m. 2012)​
RelativesViviana Zelizer (mother)

Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born 1969) is an American professor of political history and author at Princeton University.[1] Zelizer focuses on the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century, and has authored or co-authored several books about American political history.

Education

Raised in Metuchen, New Jersey, Zelizer was educated at Metuchen High School, a comprehensive public high school,[2] followed by Brandeis University. He obtained a PhD in History from Johns Hopkins University.[3]

Life and career

Zelizer has contributed to CNN.com and The Atlantic.[4][5] He is a regular commentator on news programs and has appeared in several documentary films.[6] He penned the introduction to a 2016 edition of the Kerner report.[7] He is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Professor of History and Public Policy.[8]

He has twice won the D. B. Hardeman Prize, for Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 and The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.[9][10]

Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974, co-authored with Kevin M. Kruse, received wide critical acclaim.[11][12][13]

Zelizer's book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, was called "insightful" by The New York Times, which also recognized it as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020". The Washington Post wrote that it was "engaging" and "timely".[14][15][16]

Zelizer is the son of the Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer and rabbi Gerald L. Zelizer.[17][18]

Personal life

Zelizer is son of a notable Metuchen rabbi.[19] In 1996, he married Nora Kay Moran at Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C., presided over by his father.[18] In 2012, he married fellow historian Meg Jacobs at the Synagogue for the Arts in New York City, again presided over by his father.[17]

Books

  • Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 (1999) Cambridge University Press.
  • The American Congress: The Building of Democracy (2004), Mariner Books.
  • On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948–2000 (2004) Cambridge University Press
  • Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security – From World War II to the War on Terrorism (2009) Basic Books
  • Jimmy Carter: The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977–1981 (2010) Times Books
  • Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981–1989: A Brief History with Documents (2011), with Meg Jacobs Bedford/St. Martin's
  • Governing America: The Revival of Political History (2012) Princeton University Press
  • The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society (2015)
  • Media Nation: The Political History of News in Modern America (2017), editor, with Bruce J. Schulman
  • The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment (2018), editor
  • Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (2019), with Kevin M. Kruse
  • Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (2020)
  • Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (2021)
  • Defining the Age: Daniel Bell, His Time and Ours (2022), editor
  • The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (2022), editor
  • Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past (2023), editor

In addition to authoring the books listed above, Zelizer has edited or co-edited a number of books including, most recently, Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue.[20]

References

  1. ^ "Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs". princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. ^ Robert Strauss (July 18, 2015). "Julian Zelizer: Presidents & Precedents". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Julian Zelizer - Fellow". New America. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Julian E. Zelizer | Department of History". history.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  5. ^ "All Stories by Julian E. Zelizer". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Julian Zelizer IMDb page". IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Fifty Years Ago, the Government Said Black Lives Matter". Boston Review. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "Julian e. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs".
  9. ^ LBJ Presidential Library. "Recipients of the D.B. Hardeman Prize presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation". LBJ Presidential Library. Archived from the original on July 6, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  10. ^ "Book by Zelizer Named Winner of D.B. Hardeman Prize | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs". wws.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  11. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (January 27, 2019). "Book Review: 'Fault Lines' is an Excellent History of U.S. Political Dysfunction". Rolling Stone.
  12. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. Norton, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-393-08866-3". PublishersWeekly.com.
  13. ^ Kruse, Kevin M. (February 3, 2019). "Polarization, USA - Los Angeles Review of Books". Lareviewofbooks.org. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  14. ^ Kabaservice, Geoffrey (July 7, 2020). "When American Politics Turned Toxic". The New York Times.
  15. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times. November 20, 2020.
  16. ^ Shesol, Jeff (July 17, 2020). "How Newt Gingrich made nastiness a virtue". The Washington Post.
  17. ^ a b "Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings". The New York Times. September 2, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  18. ^ a b "Weddings: Nora K. Moran, Julian E. Zelizer". The New York Times. June 2, 1996.
  19. ^ Staff, NJJN. "Princeton prof: I was blackballed by shul". njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  20. ^ "Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue". Princeton University. Retrieved July 29, 2024.