Prof. Lois Schwoerer is the Kayser
Professor of History Emeritus at George Washington University here in Washington, D.C. She is a renowned expert on English history and has
authored numerous books and articles, including "No Standing Armies! The Antiarmy Ideology in Seventeenth Century England," which won the annual
prize of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for the best book published by a woman historian and "The Declaration of Rights, 1689,"
which was awarded Honorable mention in the John Ben Snow Foundation competition for the best book published in 1981 and 1982 by a North American
author on any aspect of British Studies and Honorable Mention in the annual "best book" competition of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing
Division of the Association of American Publishers. She was also editor of "The Revolution of 1688-89: Changing Perspectives," which includes her
introduction and paper "The Coronation of 1689." Among her many honors, she is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of
the Folger Shakespeare Library steering committee.
Don Higginbotham:
Prof. Don Higginbotham is the Dowd
Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an expert in the field of Early American History and is the author
of several books including "George Washington and the American Military Tradition" and "War and Society in Early America: The Wider Dimensions of
Conflict." His many essays and articles include: "The American Militia: A Traditional Institution with Revolutionary Responsibilities" and "The
Federalized Militia Debate: A Neglected Aspect of Second Amendment Scholarship." Most recently his essay, "The Second Amendment in Historical
Context," was published in the recent edition of Constitutional Commentary, which was dedicated to the historical analysis of the Second
Amendment. Prof. Higginbotham has received the National Historical Publications Award and is a past president of the Southern Historical
Association and the Society for Historians of the Early Republic.
Saul Cornell:
Prof. Saul Cornell is an Associate
Professor in the Department of History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. His book, "The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the
Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828" was published in 1999 and his work "Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?", A
Volume in the Historians At Work Series, with Editor Edward Countrymen was released in 2000. He has authored several articles including, "Mere
Parchment Barriers: Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights and the Question of Rights Consciousness," and "Commonplace or Anachronism: The Standard
Model, The Second Amendment, and the Problem of History in Contemporary Constitutional Theory," published in the recent edition of Constitutional
Commentary.
*The slides are easier to understand if you print and read the transcripts from Saul's speech while you view them.
is the Kayser
Professor of History Emeritus at George Washington University here in Washington, D.C. She is a renowned expert on English history and has
authored numerous books and articles, including "No Standing Armies! The Antiarmy Ideology in Seventeenth Century England," which won the annual
prize of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for the best book published by a woman historian and "The Declaration of Rights, 1689,"
which was awarded Honorable mention in the John Ben Snow Foundation competition for the best book published in 1981 and 1982 by a North American
author on any aspect of British Studies and Honorable Mention in the annual "best book" competition of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing
Division of the Association of American Publishers. She was also editor of "The Revolution of 1688-89: Changing Perspectives," which includes her
introduction and paper "The Coronation of 1689." Among her many honors, she is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of
the Folger Shakespeare Library steering committee.
Prof. Don Higginbotham is the Dowd
Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an expert in the field of Early American History and is the author
of several books including "George Washington and the American Military Tradition" and "War and Society in Early America: The Wider Dimensions of
Conflict." His many essays and articles include: "The American Militia: A Traditional Institution with Revolutionary Responsibilities" and "The
Federalized Militia Debate: A Neglected Aspect of Second Amendment Scholarship." Most recently his essay, "The Second Amendment in Historical
Context," was published in the recent edition of Constitutional Commentary, which was dedicated to the historical analysis of the Second
Amendment. Prof. Higginbotham has received the National Historical Publications Award and is a past president of the Southern Historical
Association and the Society for Historians of the Early Republic.
Prof. Saul Cornell is an Associate
Professor in the Department of History at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. His book, "The Other Founders: Anti-Federalism and the
Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828" was published in 1999 and his work "Whose Right to Bear Arms Did the Second Amendment Protect?", A
Volume in the Historians At Work Series, with Editor Edward Countrymen was released in 2000. He has authored several articles including, "Mere
Parchment Barriers: Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights and the Question of Rights Consciousness," and "Commonplace or Anachronism: The Standard
Model, The Second Amendment, and the Problem of History in Contemporary Constitutional Theory," published in the recent edition of Constitutional
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