Professor Jill Lepore at Town Hall, Presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures
Harvard's Jill Lepore will discuss We the People, her new history of the U.S. Constitution and what it reveals about American democracy today.
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Join fellow Harvard alumni for a rare opportunity to hear from Professor Jill Lepore, one of the University's most acclaimed and high-profile faculty.
In her new book We the People, Harvard professor Jill Lepore offers a new history of the U.S. Constitution—one of the oldest, and hardest to amend, in the world. Drawing on her original research from the Amendments Project, Lepore explores why nearly all attempts to change the Constitution have failed.
She argues that the founders intended the Constitution to evolve through democratic amendment, rather than judicial rulings or executive power. At a time of deep political division, Lepore challenges originalism and calls for a renewed belief in constitutional change through civic engagement and public debate.
Published ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, We the People asks whether we still have the will—and the tools—to shape a more perfect union.
Harvard Club of Seattle members who register for the event can meet at the bar in Town Hall at 6:30 pm.
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Prof. Jill Lepore at Town Hall
Friday, September 26, 2025
- Socializing: 6:30pm - 7:30pm PT
- Lecture: 7:30 - 8:30pm PT
Town Hall
The Great Hall
1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Seattle, 98101 United States
Cost: $7-$90
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Prof. Jill Lepore
Harvard University profile
https://jlepore.scholars.harvard.edu/biocv
New Yorker magazine articles
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/jill-lepore
Books
A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States (2002)
These Truths: A History of the United States (2018)
This America: The Case for the Nation (2019)
About Prof. Jill Lepore:
Professor Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include, These Truths: A History of the United States (2018), an international bestseller, named one of Time magazine's top ten non-fiction books of the decade. A revised edition will be published in 2026. Her latest book is The Deadline, which won the PEN prize for the Art of the Essay.
Lepore received a B.A. in English from Tufts University in 1987, an M.A. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1990, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1995. She joined the Harvard History Department in 2003 and was Chair of the History and Literature Program in 2005-10, 2012, and 2014. In 2012, she was named Harvard College Professor, in recognition of distinction in undergraduate teaching. In 2024, she joined the faculty of the Harvard Law School.
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