Join us for a lively discussion with leading Harvard scholars Danielle Allen, Vincent Brown, and host Timothy Patrick McCarthy about what the Declaration of Independence was and what it wasn’t—and what it set in motion for the future of America.
A.R.T.’s Civically Speaking series, features virtual conversations, lectures, and performance events on history, politics, justice, and the meaning of democracy.
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Allen is a political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory, political sociology, and the history of political thought.
Vincent Brown is Charles Warren Professor of American History and Professor of African and African American Studies. He directs the History Design Studio and teaches courses in Atlantic history, African diaspora studies, and the history of slavery in the Americas.
Timothy Patrick McCarthy is an award-winning scholar, teacher, and activist. At the Harvard Graduate School of Education, he is core faculty in both the Foundations Curriculum and the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship Program (ELOE). At the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was the first openly gay/
