An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen

The History Center is excited to present acclaimed constitutional scholar and author Jeffrey Rosen at the Appell Center’s Capitol Theatre on Friday, Nov. 14. The event, featuring Rosen in conversation on the intimate Capitol Theatre stage, is part of an expanded Articles of Confederation Weekend. Ron Hershner, a longtime History Center supporter and former board chair who has researched and written about York County history, will serve as the interviewer for the evening.

Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, where he hosts “We the People,” a weekly podcast of constitutional debate. He is also a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic magazine. He was previously the legal affairs editor of The New Republic and a staff writer for The New Yorker.

Rosen’s new book is The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America and comes out in October. His other books include the New York Times bestseller “Conversations with RBG: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law,” as well as biographies of Louis Brandeis and William Howard Taft.

Rosen is a graduate of Harvard College; Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar; and Yale Law School.

Tickets will be sold through the Appell Center box office and are on sale now. Every ticketholder will receive a free copy of “The Pursuit of Liberty,” and Rosen will be available after the event to sign the book.