Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library

Dr. Trenton Cole Jones is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University and was the Amanda and Greg Gregory Family fellow at the Library during the 2013-14 academic year. In this episode he discusses his dissertation and forthcoming book, tentatively titled "Deprived of their Liberty: Enemy Prisoners and the Culture of War in Revolutionary America."

Dr. Laura Auricchio is the Dean of Bachelor’s Program for Adults and Transfer Students and of the School of Languages, and is an Associate Professor of Art History in the Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City. In this episode she discusses her book "The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered." Dr. Auricchio spoke at the Michelle Smith Lecture Series on May 12, 2015.

Ricardo Herrera is an Associate Professor of Military History at the School of Advanced Military Studies US Army Command and General Staff College His teaching interests specifically include 18th and 19th Century American military history He discusses his book For Liberty and the Republic The American Citizen as Soldier 17751861 Mr Herrera spoke at the George Washington Symposium on November 7 2015 He also serves on the faculty of the George Washington Leadership Institute and assists with its excursion programs

Author David Preston discusses his book Braddocks Defeat the Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution with Washington Library Founding Director Douglas Bradburn

Francois Furstenberg is an Associate Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University His research interests include the relationship between slavery and nationalism in the postrevolutionary period the meaning of consent and their relationship to slavery in the 19th Century and US history from an international perspective He is the author of In the Name of the Father Washingtons Legacy Slavery and the Making of a Nation and When the United States Spoke French Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation Dr Furstenberg spoke at a Ford Evening Book Talk at the Washington Library on September 18 2014

Paul Brandus is an author independent member of the White House press corps and founder of the Twitter page WestWingReport He is also a Washington columnist on economics and finance He is a frequent speaker around the country before business groups and has also lectured at Columbias Graduate School of Journalism In this episode he discusses his book Under This Roof A History of the White House and Presidency Mr Brandus spoke at a Ford Evening Book Talk at the Washington Library on November 12 2015

Dr Annette GordonReed is an awardwinning author and the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School Dr Peter S Onus is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia They discuss in this episode their latest joint book Most Blessed of the Patriarchs Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination GordonReed and Onus spoke at the Washington Librarys Michelle Smith Lecture Series on May 5 2016

Flora Fraser is professional writer and author of numerous historical biographies As a young woman she was employed as a researcher by her grandmother and mother She cofounded the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and served as a trustee of the London National Portrait Gallery for ten years In this episode she discusses her latest book The Washingtons George and Martha Joind by Friendship Crownd by Love Flora spoke at the Gay Hart Gaines Lecture Series on November 4th 2015

Dr John Fea is Professor of American History and Chair of the History Department at Messiah College and was a fellow at the Washington Library during the 201516 academic year He is the author or editor of four books one of which Was America Founded as a Christian Nation was a finalist for the George Washington book prize Fea also blogs daily about his work at wwwthewayofimprovementcom In this episode he discusses the research he conducted while at the Library concerning religion during the colonial and Revolutionary eras

Dr Trenton Cole Jones is an assistant professor of history at Purdue University and was the Amanda and Greg Gregory Family fellow at the Library during the 201314 academic year In this episode he discusses his dissertation and forthcoming book tentatively titled Deprived of their Liberty Enemy Prisoners and the Culture of War in Revolutionary America