
H. W. Brands, Jack S. Blanton Chair of History, University of Texas at Austin
Thursday, September 7, 2023 @ 7 pm
Miami University Hamilton, Parrish Auditorium
H. W. Brands was born in Oregon, went to college in California, sold cutlery across the American West and earned graduate degrees in mathematics and history in Oregon and Texas. He taught at Vanderbilt University and Texas A&M University before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History.
A New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 books, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.
He lectures frequently on historical and current events and is a familiar face on national and international television and radio. He publishes history-themed poetry on Twitter and “A User’s Guide to History” on Substack.
In The Zealot and the Emancipator, Brands explores the iconic lives and times of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist John Brown, and their divergent paths in the struggle against American slavery.
RSVP encouraged at: https://miamioh.edu/regionals/rsvp/
- Free, public event
- Booksigning to follow