Director's Conversation with Jill Lepore
Director's Conversation
Jill Lepore on The Force of History
Friday, October 30, 2026 | 5:30 p.m.
Wolfensohn Hall
History is put to many uses. Join Jill Lepore, the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and staff writer at The New Yorker, in conversation with IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg about the work of history today.
Lepore is the recipient of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in History for her 2025 book We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. She has just published, with Liveright Press, The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State, on how the powers of computation are transforming democracy.
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DIRECTOR'S CONVERSATION
JILL LEPORE ON THE FORCE OF HISTORY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2026 | 5:30 P.M.
WOLFENSOHN HALL
History is put to many uses. Join Jill Lepore, the David Woods Kemper
’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University, Professor
of Law at Harvard Law School, and staff writer at _The New Yorker_,
in conversation with IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor David
Nirenberg about the work of history today.
Lepore is the recipient of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in History for her
2025 book _We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution_. She
has just published, with Liveright Press, _The Rise and Fall of the
Artificial State_, on how the powers of computation are transforming
democracy.
This is a free event. Registration is required.
Wolfensohn Hall
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