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Claire Potter
Author Archive

Claire Potter

Professor of History
The New School

ConservatismFeatureLettersPurple Wednesday

Public Seminar is LIVE from #CPAC2018

Thursday, February 22 2018

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Claire Potter February 22, 2018
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After the Parkland Massacre, What?

A conversation between left and right about gun control

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Claire Potter February 21, 2018
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Are the Humanities Really in Crisis?

Or is it the university that deserves our attention?

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Claire Potter February 14, 2018
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BREAKING: Angela Davis Papers Go To Schlesinger Library

A unique and rare collection

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Claire Potter February 13, 2018
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Why We Return to Certain Books Like Clockwork

On my return to Martin Guerre

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Claire Potter February 7, 2018
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A Lot of Things Are Broken

Why focusing on sex won’t fix sexual harassment

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Claire Potter January 31, 2018
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Is Football a Metaphor for Political Culture?

A Letter to Frank Bruni

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Claire Potter January 24, 2018
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What Makes a Great Proposal for the AHA Annual Meeting?

Call for submissions

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Claire Potter and Brian Ogilvie January 22, 2018
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The Campus Speech Wars

You have conservative students, so teach them

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Claire Potter January 17, 2018
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Oprah for President?

Can a celebrity's civic religion heal our divided nation?

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Claire Potter January 10, 2018
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Contributions

  • Remembering a Campus Free Speech Fight (2018)
  • The U.S. Border Crisis is Not the Holocaust (2018)
  • CFP: Remaking American Political History (2018)
  • When New York City Almost Failed (2018)
  • Bill Clinton's Symphony of Hypocrisy and Rage (2018)
  • Roseanne Bombs (2018)
  • Why Can't Women Bridge the Left-Right Divide? (2018)
  • Royal Wedding Roundup (2018)
  • Elections Turn On Policy, Not Public Relations (2018)
  • Understanding Conservative Political Incorrectness (2018)
  • A Historian Obsessed With the Present (2018)
  • For Conservatives, It's Stormy Weather (2018)
  • How to Learn from Conservatives (2018)
  • What Happened at the Lorraine Motel (2018)
  • The Facebook Follies (2018)
  • Is (Cynthia) Nixon the One? (2018)
  • Pennsylvania Had a Little Lamb (2018)
  • Is Women's Solidarity Possible? (2018)
  • Teachers Are Not Soldiers (2018)
  • Public Seminar is Back, LIVE from #CPAC2018 (2018)
  • Public Seminar is LIVE from #CPAC2018 (2018)
  • After the Parkland Massacre, What? (2018)
  • Are the Humanities Really in Crisis? (2018)
  • BREAKING: Angela Davis Papers Go To Schlesinger Library (2018)
  • Why We Return to Certain Books Like Clockwork (2018)
  • A Lot of Things Are Broken (2018)
  • Is Football a Metaphor for Political Culture? (2018)
  • What Makes a Great Proposal for the AHA Annual Meeting? (2018)
  • The Campus Speech Wars (2018)
  • Oprah for President? (2018)
  • What Do We Want from the News? (2018)
  • Rebuilding Democracy in 2018 (2017)
  • The Politics of Sex at Universities (2017)
  • Title IX Investigations and Sexual Harassment at The New School (2017)
  • Don't Tax Tuition Waivers (2017)
  • Alabama, Goddamn (2017)
  • Is It Just a Cake? (2017)
  • Death and Taxes (2017)
  • A Public Seminar Thanksgiving (2017)
  • Can A Republican Have Progressive Values? (2017)
  • What Happens Now? (2017)
  • Can Roy Moore's Candidacy Survive? (2017)
  • A Year Later, Democrats Roar Back (2017)
  • Syllabus: From Goldwater to Trump (2017)
  • The Manafort Indictment (2017)
  • What Is The Purpose of Incarceration? (2017)
  • After 9/11 — What? (2017)
  • Why Colin Kaepernick Isn't Working (2017)
  • How to Survive a Nuclear Attack (2017)
  • What Are the Costs of Libertarianism? (2017)

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