Julian E. Zelizer facts for kids
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Julian Zelizer
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| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Education | Brandeis University (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD) |
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Nora Moran
(m. 1996, divorced)Meg Jacobs
(m. 2012) |
| Relatives | Viviana Zelizer (mother) |
Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born in 1969) is an American professor and writer. He teaches about political history at Princeton University. He mostly studies the second half of the 1900s and the early 2000s. He has written many books about American politics.
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Julian Zelizer: History Expert
Who is Julian Zelizer?
Julian Zelizer grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey. He went to Metuchen High School. After that, he studied at Brandeis University. He earned a special degree called a PhD in History from Johns Hopkins University. This means he studied history very deeply.
What He Does
Julian Zelizer often shares his ideas on CNN.com and in The Atlantic magazine. He also appears on news shows to talk about history and current events. You might have seen him in documentary films too. He is a professor at Princeton University, where he holds a special title: the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Professor of History and Public Policy.
Writing Books
Mr. Zelizer has written or helped write many books. One of his books, Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974, was written with Kevin M. Kruse. It was praised by many people. Another book, Burning Down the House, was called "insightful" by The New York Times. The Washington Post said it was "engaging" and "timely."
Awards and Recognition
Julian Zelizer has won the D. B. Hardeman Prize two times. He won it for his books Taxing America and The Fierce Urgency of Now. These awards show that his work is very important and well-regarded in the field of history.
About His Family
Julian Zelizer's mother is Viviana Zelizer, who is a well-known sociologist at Princeton. His father, Gerald L. Zelizer, is a rabbi. Julian Zelizer married Nora Kay Moran in 1996. Later, in 2012, he married another historian named Meg Jacobs. His father led both wedding ceremonies.
Books He Has Written
Julian Zelizer has written many books about American history and politics. Here are some of them:
- Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 (1999)
- The American Congress: The Building of Democracy (2004)
- On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948–2000 (2004)
- Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security – From World War II to the War on Terrorism (2009)
- Jimmy Carter: The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977–1981 (2010)
- Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981–1989: A Brief History with Documents (2011), with Meg Jacobs
- Governing America: The Revival of Political History (2012)
- The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society (2015)
- Media Nation: The Political History of News in Modern America (2017), editor, with Bruce J. Schulman
- The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment (2018), editor
- Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (2019), with Kevin M. Kruse
- Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (2020)
- Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (2021)
- Defining the Age: Daniel Bell, His Time and Ours (2022), editor
- The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (2022), editor
- Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past (2023), editor
- In Defence of Partisanship (2025)
He has also helped edit other books, like Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue.
