Julian E. Zelizer: Difference between revisions

|education = [[Brandeis University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Johns Hopkins University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])

|relatives = [[Viviana Zelizer]] (Mothermother)

'''Julian Emanuel Zelizer''' (born 1969) is a professor of [[political history]] and an author in the [[United States]] at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="princeton">{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jzelizer/|website=princeton.edu|title=Julian E. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> 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.

Zelizer has contributed to [[CNN.com]] and [[The Atlantic (magazine)|''The Atlantic.'']].<ref name="princeton2">{{cite web|url=https://history.princeton.edu/people/julian-e-zelizer|title=Julian E. Zelizer &#124; Department of History|website=history.princeton.edu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref name="theatlantic">{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/julian-e-zelizer/|title=All Stories by Julian E. Zelizer|website=The Atlantic|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> He is a regular commentator on news programs and has appeared in several documentary films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1813920/|title=Julian Zelizer IMDb page|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=2021-03-09}}</ref> He penned the introduction to a 2016 edition of the [[Kerner Commission|Kerner report]].<ref name="bostonreview">{{cite web|url=http://bostonreview.net/us/julian-e-zelizer-kerner-report|title=Fifty Years Ago, the Government Said Black Lives Matter|website=Boston Review|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> He is the [[Malcolm Stevenson Forbes]] Professor of History and Public Policy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~jzelizer/|title=Julian e. Zelizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs}}</ref>

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''.<ref name="lbjlibrary">{{cite web|url=http://www.lbjlibrary.org/page/foundation/initiatives/recipients-of-the-d-b-hardeman-prize|author=LBJ Presidential Library|title=Recipients of the D.B. Hardeman Prize presented by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation|website=LBJ Presidential Library|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref><ref name="princeton3">{{cite web|url=http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/book-zelizer-named-winner-db-hardeman-prize|title=Book by Zelizer Named Winner of D.B. Hardeman Prize &#124; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs|website=wws.princeton.edu|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref>

''Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974'', coauthoredco-authored with [[Kevin M. Kruse]], received wide critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/book-review-fault-lines-is-an-excellent-history-of-u-s-political-dysfunction-783460/|title=Book Review: 'Fault Lines' is an Excellent History of U.S. Political Dysfunction|first1=Michaelangelo|last1=Matos|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-393-08866-3|title=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|website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kruse |first=Kevin M. |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/polarization-usa/#! |title=Polarization, USA - Los Angeles Review of Books |publisher=Lareviewofbooks.org |date=2019-02-03 |access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

Zelizer's most-recent book, ''Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party,'' was called “insightful"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”"engaging" and “timely"timely".” <ref>{{cite news|last1= Kabaservice|first1= Geoffrey |title= When American Politics Turned Toxic.|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/books/review/burning-down-the-house-julian-zelizer.html |website=The New York Times |date=July 7, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=100 Notable Books of 2020|url= https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/books/notable-books.html|website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1= Shesol |first1=Jeff |authorlink=Jeff Shesol |titledate=July 17, 2020 |title=How Newt Gingrich made nastiness a virtue. |urlnewspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-newt-gingrich-made-nastiness-a-virtue/2020/07/16/1cba30c8-8a28-11ea-9dfd-990f9dcc71fc_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 17, 2020}}</ref>

Zelizer is the son of the Princeton [[sociologist]] [[Viviana Zelizer]] and [[rabbi]] Gerald L. Zelizer.<ref name=Jacobs>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/fashion/weddings/meg-jacobs-julian-zelizer-weddings.html|title=Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings|date=2012-09-02|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref name=Moran>{{Cite news|title=Weddings: Nora K. Moran, Julian E. Zelizer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 2, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/02/style/weddings-nora-k-moran-julian-e-zelizer.html }}</ref>

Zelizer is son of a notable [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]] [[rabbi]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=NJJN|title=Princeton prof: I was blackballed by shul|url=http://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/princeton-prof-i-was-blackballed-by-shul/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 1996, he married Nora Kay Moran at [[Adas Israel Congregation (Washington, D.C.)|Congregation Adas Israel]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], presided over by his father.<ref name=Moran /> In 2012, he married fellow historian [[Meg Jacobs]] at the [[TriBeCa Synagogue|Synagogue for the Arts]] in [[New York City]], again presided over by his father.<ref name=Jacobs />

* ''On Capitol Hill: The Struggle to Reform Congress and its Consequences, 1948-20001948–2000'' (2004)

* ''Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security -– From World War II to the War on Terrorism'' (2009)