Director's Welcome
Welcome to the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. The Warren Center is a place for the exploration of American history and for the application of historical knowledge to real world challenges. We believe that critical engagement with key issues of the American past is foundational to understanding and making meaning of our contemporary world. Our activities center around the nurturance of innovative historical thinking, research, and writing. Through our guest speakers, visiting fellows, Harvard faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and engagement with the wider public, we seek to foster illuminating discussions about the American past and push historical knowledge in new directions. As the core component of the Center’s mission dating back to the vision of the Warren family’s original gift, our fellowship programs bring together scholars working on US history projects in a spirit of creativity and collaboration... Read More
Current News
Charisse Burden-Stelly (New Book) Black Scare / Red Scare
Traci Parker (Co-Editor) The New Civil Rights Movement Reader
Magana Kabugi (short story) The New Brownies Book: A Love Letter to Black Families
Saying their names, remembering their lives
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