Teaching Honest History
A Discussion with Lindsay Chervinsky & Barbara McQuade
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Teaching history fully and honestly is a vitally important foundation for building a strong democracy, most particularly today, when people are flooded with disinformation from social media and a range of other sources. Join us for Teaching Honest History on Thursday, November 21 at Old South Meeting House, which will feature vibrant discussion and book signing with Lindsay Chervinsky and Barbara McQuade, two noted and dynamic scholars, commentators, and best-selling authors.
Dr. Chervinsky is an award-winning presidential historian who frequently appears on the pages of the Wall Street Journal, Ms. Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Bulwark, Time Magazine, USA Today, and The Washington Post. Her new book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic, was published in September.
Ms. McQuade, a legal scholar and regular analyst on MSNBC and other platforms, recently published Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America, an urgent and comprehensive look at the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and a set of real, accessible solutions for countering disinformation and maintaining the rule of law.
This event is the centerpiece of the James Otis Lecture Series, which is sponsored by the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). The series is intended to inspire students across the nation with a greater respect for the Constitution by organizing dynamic public programs that examine law and history related to the American experience.
All members of the public are warmly invited to join this event, which is free and open to all. We will also be giving out 100 FREE copies of both Chervinsky’s Making the Presidency as well as McQuade’s Attack from Within, and the authors will be available for a book signing after the event. Please note, we will have an additional number of books available, but cannot guarantee copies of both books to all walk-in attendees.
Doors will open at 12:30 pm and the program will begin at 1:00 pm. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Teaching Honest History is made possible by the generous support of both the James Otis Lecture Series and The Lowell Institute.
About the Panelists
Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky is a historian of the presidency, political culture, and the government. She produces history that speaks to fellow scholars as well as a larger public audience. Dr. Chervinsky is the author of the award-winning book The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution, co-editor of Mourning the Presidents: Loss and Legacy in American Culture, and the recently published book Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. She regularly writes for public audiences in The Wall Street Journal, Ms. Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Bulwark, Time Magazine, USA Today, CNN, and the Washington Post. Dr. Chervinsky also is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University.
Barbara McQuade is a professor at Michigan Law, where she teaches criminal law and national security law, and is the author of the New York Times best seller Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America. Ms. McQuade served as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan and Vice Chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee, where she co-chaired its Terrorism and National Security Subcommittee. As US attorney, she oversaw cases involving public corruption, terrorism, corporate fraud, theft of trade secrets, civil rights, and health care fraud, among others. She also serves as a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Lawfare, Just Security, Slate, and National Public Radio, and she has been quoted in the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, Politico, and other publications.
Christopher (Chris) Duggan, founder of the James Otis Lecture Series, is one of the most accomplished trial and appellate lawyers in the United States. He has tried more than 75 cases to jury verdict in federal and state courts throughout Massachusetts and in several other New England states. His clients include publicly traded and privately held companies, insurers and reinsurers, and individuals in complex, large risk litigation across a broad variety of matters, including product liability, premises liability, professional malpractice, aviation, insurance coverage disputes, and other high-profile, media-sensitive matters. An avid historian, Mr. Duggan enjoys representing universities, museums, and collectors in cases involving authenticity and title to works of art and historic artifacts.