Date/Time: Thursday 7 November 2024, 5.30pm

Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

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Chaired by Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History and Co-Chair, Public Lectures Committee

American society – and its democracy – has experienced a tumultuous few years, and 2024 in particular has been one of remarkable political drama. Two days after the American people choose their 47th President, we consider their reasons, and the consequences.

Biography

Iwan Morgan is Emeritus Professor of United States History at the Institute of the Americas, University College London.

He holds a BA in History from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a PhD in International History from the London School of Economics. 

He served as chair of the executive committee of the Historians of the Twentieth Century United States from 2007 to 2013 and was a member of the executive committee of the British Association of American Studies in 2009-2012. 

Professor Morgan is a distinguished fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. He was awarded the British Association of American Studies Honorary Fellowship in 2014 in recognition of his contributions to the discipline over the course of his career.

He retired in 2020.