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Within weeks of the release of Reds - The Tragedy of American Communism by Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman, enthusiastic reviews of the book appeared along with two essays by the author in major national and international publications.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. July’s news topics included varied subjects from our carbon foot print to the presidential campaigns, conventions, and election.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. June’s news topics included varied subjects from Ukraine and the economy to summer reading and admissions essays.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, wrote an essay titled "I spent years studying American communism. Here’s what I learned" for The Guardian published on May 16. Reflecting on “why so many intelligent and admirable people remained so loyal for so long to a fundamentally flawed movement,” Isserman delved into the paradoxical nature of American communism.

“An engaging account of the rise, fall, resurrection and legacy of the Weavers, the Greenwich Village-based quartet of left-leaning musicians founded near the end of 1948,” was how Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, described Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America in The New York Times Sunday Book Review section.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, recently presented at a conference titled “One Hundred Years of Communism in the USA.”

When Americans hear of 1956 in the Soviet Union, if anything comes to mind it is usually the uprising in Hungary and the Soviet intervention to suppress it. This association is far different from the liberalization movement that Russians associate with 1956. Kathleen Smith, professor of teaching at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, discussed this disparity in a lecture, “Rebellious Soviet Students in 1956: A New Generation of Political Prisoners.”

In an essay titled When New York City Was the Capital of American Communism published by The New York Times, Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, reviewed the history of the Communist Party in the city during the 20th century.

Tim Colton, the Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies and the chair of the department of government at Harvard University, will present a lecture titled “Political Leadership after Communism,” on Monday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn.