Research Guides: Bowdoin's 1619 Project Event Series: General

Bowdoin College History Department

Schedule of Events

"This four-event public programming series from the Bowdoin College History Department focuses on The 1619 Project, published last year by The New York Times Magazine."

Schedule of Events
Session #1 One Nation?: America's Origins and Slavery's Unfinished Past	Session #2 Bodies on the Line: Prisons and Health Care	Session #3 Deep Cuts: Structural Inequality and Popular Culture	Plenary #4 The 1619 Project and Making Sense of the 2020 Election
Friday, September 11, 2020, 4-5:30 p.m.	Friday, September 25, 2020, 4-5:30 p.m.	Friday, October 16, 2020, 4-5:30 p.m.	Friday, November 6, 2020, 4-5:30 p.m.
"The Idea of America," by Nikole Hannah-Jones "Capitalism," by Matthew Desmond "Sugar," by Khalil Gibran Muhammad	"Mass Incarceration," by Brian Stevenson "A Broken Health Care System," by Jeneen Interlandi "Medical Inequality," by Linda Villarosa	"American Popular Music," by Wesley Morris "Undemocratic Democracy," by Jamelle Bouie "Traffic," by Kevin M. Kruse "The Wealth Gap," by Trymaine Lee
Patrick Rael, Professor of History Brian Purnell, Geoffrey Canada Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History	Connie Chiang, Professor of History and Environmental Studies Matthew Klingle, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies David Hecht, Associate Professor of History	Page Herrlinger, Associate Professor of History Rachel Sturman, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies	Dallas Denery, Professor of History Meghan Roberts, Associate Professor of History

The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine

The 1619 Project, The New York Times Magazine. "The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative."

Elements of the The 1619 Project

Note: Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff have access to The New York Times Digital Edition through an Academic Site License provided by the Library. For information about how to register, visit the Library website.

The 1619 Project Curriculum, The Pulitzer Center

1619 Podcast Series, The New York Times

1619 Project Event Series, Bowdoin College History Department

Conversations about the NYTM's 1619 Project

Featured Essays, 1776 Unites, Woodson Center
The 1619 Project’s Potted History, Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, August 27, 2019
We Respond to the Historians Who Critiqued The 1619 Project. Five historians wrote to us with their reservations. Our editor in chief replies, Jake Silverstein, editor in chief, New York Times Magazine, December 20, 2019, updated January 4, 2020
World Socialist Web Site of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) provides interviews with critics of The 1619 Project.
The Fight Over the 1619 Project Is Not About the Facts, Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, December 23, 2019
The Hidden Stakes of the 1619 Controversy, David Waldstreicher, Boston Review, January 24, 2020
From the Editor’s Desk: 1619 and All That, A.C.L. [i.e. Alex Lichtenstein], The American Historical Review, vol. 125, issue 1, pp. xv–xxi, February 3, 2020.
I Helped Fact-Check the 1619 Project. The Times Ignored Me, Leslie M. Harris, Politico, March 6, 2020
The 1619 Chronicles, Bret Stephens, New York Times, October 9, 2020
1619, Revisited, Nicholas Guyatt, New York Times, October 19, 2020

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The four-event 1619 Project Event Series from the Bowdoin College History Department focuses on The 1619 Project, published last year by The New York Times Magazine. This guide is a supplement to Bowdoin College History Department's series of events.

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