But Jill makes clear that it was after the war-and because of it-that the boundaries between cultures, hitherto blurred, turned into rigid ones. The war’s brutality compelled the colonists to defend themselves against accusations that they had become savages. The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity was published o Sep 21, 2009. Jill Lepore The Name Of War | King Philip’s War Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. From one of the most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Her book, Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin became published on Oct 1, 2013. In February 2022, she was one of 38 Harvard faculty to sign a letter to The Harvard Crimson defending Professor John Comaroff, who had been found to have violated the university’s sexual and professional conduct policies. Jill focuses on missing evidence in historical records and articles. She holds an endowed chair and teaches American political history. Previously, Jill and Kamensky had co-founded an online history journal called Common-place.
She serves as a Professor of History and Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library. Jill is the David Woods Kemper 41 Professor of American History at Harvard University where she joined in 2003. Jennifer Gonnerman – staff writer Jill Lepore Harvard
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