Julian E. Zelizer

Julian Zelizer
Julian Zelizer
Born	1969 (age 54–55)
Education	Brandeis University (BA); Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)
Spouses	; Nora Moran (m. 1996, divorced) ; Meg Jacobs (m. 2012)
Relatives	Viviana Zelizer (mother)

Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born 1969) is a professor of political history and an author in the United States at Princeton University.^[1] Zelizer has authored or co-authored several books about American political history; his focuses of study are the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century.

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 most-recent 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. A comprehensive history by 40 scholars.
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)
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (2022), editor

In addition to authoring the books listed above, Zelizer has edited or co-edited a number of books including, most recently, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.^[20]

References

^ "Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs". princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^ Robert Strauss (July 18, 2015). "Julian Zelizer: Presidents & Precedents". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "Julian Zelizer - Fellow". New America. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "Julian E. Zelizer | Department of History". history.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^ "All Stories by Julian E. Zelizer". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^ "Julian Zelizer IMDb page". IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^ "Fifty Years Ago, the Government Said Black Lives Matter". Boston Review. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
^ "Julian e. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs".
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ Matos, Michaelangelo (January 27, 2019). "Book Review: 'Fault Lines' is an Excellent History of U.S. Political Dysfunction". Rolling Stone.
^ "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.
^ Kruse, Kevin M. (February 3, 2019). "Polarization, USA - Los Angeles Review of Books". Lareviewofbooks.org. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ Kabaservice, Geoffrey (July 7, 2020). "When American Politics Turned Toxic". The New York Times.
^ "100 Notable Books of 2020". The New York Times.
^ Shesol, Jeff (July 17, 2020). "How Newt Gingrich made nastiness a virtue". The Washington Post.
^ ^a ^b "Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings". The New York Times. September 2, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Weddings: Nora K. Moran, Julian E. Zelizer". The New York Times. June 2, 1996.
^ Staff, NJJN. "Princeton prof: I was blackballed by shul". njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
^ "Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past". Basic Books. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

External links

Appearances on C-SPAN

[princeton-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.

[princeton2-4] "Julian E. Zelizer | Department of History". history.princeton.edu. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

[theatlantic-5] "All Stories by Julian E. Zelizer". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

[6] "Julian Zelizer IMDb page". IMDb. Retrieved March 9, 2021.

[bostonreview-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".

[lbjlibrary-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.

[princeton3-10] "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.

[16] Shesol, Jeff (July 17, 2020). "How Newt Gingrich made nastiness a virtue". The Washington Post.

[Jacobs-17] "Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings". The New York Times. September 2, 2012. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 2, 2016.

[Moran-18] "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] "Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past". Basic Books. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

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Julian E. Zelizer

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