Program Type:
Clubs and Book Discussions- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on April 7, 2026 @ 7:00pm.
- This event is for registrants age 15 and above.
Program Description
Event Details
Book: We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution by Jill Lepore
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Owen
Dr. Owen's research focuses on the political history of the early American republic. His book, Political Community in Revolutionary Pennsylvania, 1774-1800 was published by Oxford University Press in 2018.The challenges existing historiography on the American Revolution, emphasizing the role of ordinary citizens in forcing political change, and arguing that it was this control of politics by the people that formed the revolutionary generational central understanding of the new republic they had created. The book illustrates the importance of popular politics and democratic political practice in the establishment of the American federal system of government
He teaches a variety of courses, from lower-level surveys through upper-level seminars to graduate research classes.