The Declaration at 250: An Enduring Legacy (Teacher Seminar Online)

The Declaration at 250: An Enduring Legacy

Lead Scholar: David Armitage (Harvard University)
Live Session Dates: Week of June 22
Registration Deadline: Monday, June 15

 

Image: The William J. Stone facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, printed in 1823 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute, GLC00154.02)

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Facsimile reproduction of the Declaration

  • 15 PD Credits

Seminar Description

On the eve of its 250th anniversary, this seminar will examine the Declaration of Independence and its national and global legacies. From the years immediately following 1776, the Declaration has served as a lodestar for activism and self-determination movements around the world, from abolitionism and women’s suffrage as well as an inspiration for declarations of independence in Haiti, Vietnam, and the former Eastern Bloc. The seminar will explore how the declaration, and its philosophical underpinnings, have made such a profound impact.

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Seminar Schedule

Monday, June 22, 2:00 pm ET to 6:00 pm ET

  • Scholar Lecture
  • Scholar Q&A
  • Pedagogy Session

Tuesday, June 23: 2:00 pm ET to 5:00 pm ET

  • Scholar Lecture
  • Scholar Q&A

Wednesday, June 24: 2:00 pm ET to 5:00 pm ET

  • Scholar Lecture
  • Scholar Q&A

Thursday, June 25: 2:00 pm ET to 6:00 pm ET

  • Scholar Lecture
  • Scholar Q&A
  • Pedagogy Session

Friday, June 26: 2:00 pm ET to 3:00 pm ET

  • Final Open Discussion

Course Leaders

A headshot of David Armitage.

David Armitage, Lead Scholar

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University and an Honorary Fellow of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of nineteen books, among them The Declaration of Independence: A Global History (2007), The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760-1840 (2010), and Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (2017). A prize-winning author and teacher, he has lectured on six continents and has held fellowships and visiting positions in Australia, Britain, China, France, Germany, South Korea, and the United States.