Julian E. Zelizer Explained

Julian Zelizer
Education:Brandeis University (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MA, PhD)
Spouse:
    Relatives:Viviana Zelizer (mother)

    Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born 1969) is a professor of political history and an author in the United States at Princeton University.[1] Zelizer has authored or co-authored several books about American political history; his focuses of study are the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century.

    Education

    Raised in Metuchen, New Jersey, Zelizer was educated at Metuchen High School, a comprehensive public high school,[2] followed by Brandeis University. He obtained a PhD in History from Johns Hopkins University.[3]

    Life and career

    Zelizer has contributed to CNN.com and The Atlantic.[4] [5] He is a regular commentator on news programs and has appeared in several documentary films.[6] He penned the introduction to a 2016 edition of the Kerner report.[7] He is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Professor of History and Public Policy.[8]

    He has twice won the D. B. Hardeman Prize, for Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 and The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.[9] [10]

    Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974, co-authored with Kevin M. Kruse, received wide critical acclaim.[11] [12] [13]

    Zelizer's book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, was called "insightful" by The New York Times, which also recognized it as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020". The Washington Post wrote that it was "engaging" and "timely".[14] [15] [16]

    Zelizer is the son of the Princeton sociologist Viviana Zelizer and rabbi Gerald L. Zelizer.[17] [18]

    Personal life

    Zelizer is son of a notable Metuchen rabbi.[19] In 1996, he married Nora Kay Moran at Congregation Adas Israel in Washington, D.C., presided over by his father.[18] In 2012, he married fellow historian Meg Jacobs at the Synagogue for the Arts in New York City, again presided over by his father.[17]

    Books

    In addition to authoring the books listed above, Zelizer has edited or co-edited a number of books including, most recently, Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue.[20]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs. princeton.edu. 2019-07-06.
    2. Web site: Julian Zelizer: Presidents & Precedents. New Jersey Monthly. Robert Strauss. July 18, 2015. July 12, 2020.
    3. Web site: Julian Zelizer - Fellow. New America. July 12, 2020.
    4. Web site: Julian E. Zelizer | Department of History. history.princeton.edu. 2019-07-06.
    5. Web site: All Stories by Julian E. Zelizer. The Atlantic. 2019-07-06.
    6. Web site: Julian Zelizer IMDb page. IMDb. 2021-03-09.
    7. Web site: Fifty Years Ago, the Government Said Black Lives Matter. Boston Review. 2019-07-06.
    8. Web site: Julian e. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs.
    9. Web site: Recipients of the D.B. Hardeman Prize presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation. LBJ Presidential Library. LBJ Presidential Library. 2019-07-06. 2019-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190706180907/http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/foundation/initiatives/recipients-of-the-d-b-hardeman-prize. dead.
    10. Web site: Book by Zelizer Named Winner of D.B. Hardeman Prize | Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. wws.princeton.edu. 2019-07-06.
    11. Book Review: 'Fault Lines' is an Excellent History of U.S. Political Dysfunction. Michaelangelo. Matos. Rolling Stone. January 27, 2019.
    12. Web site: Nonfiction Book Review: Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 by Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer. Norton, $28.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-393-08866-3. PublishersWeekly.com.
    13. Web site: Kruse . Kevin M. . Polarization, USA - Los Angeles Review of Books . Lareviewofbooks.org . 2019-02-03 . 2020-05-16.
    14. News: Kabaservice. Geoffrey . When American Politics Turned Toxic.. The New York Times . July 7, 2020.
    15. News: 100 Notable Books of 2020. The New York Times. November 20, 2020.
    16. News: Shesol . Jeff . Jeff Shesol . July 17, 2020 . How Newt Gingrich made nastiness a virtue. . The Washington Post .
    17. News: Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings. 2012-09-02. The New York Times. 0362-4331. 2016-08-02.
    18. News: Weddings: Nora K. Moran, Julian E. Zelizer . The New York Times. June 2, 1996 .
    19. Web site: Staff. NJJN. Princeton prof: I was blackballed by shul. 2021-07-10. njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com. en-US.
    20. Web site: Our Nation at Risk: Election Integrity as a National Security Issue. Princeton University . 29 July 2024.

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