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SUMMARY: Citizenship\, Identity and Race from America Unfinished: 250 Years
  of Law and Governance
DESCRIPTION: American democracy has always been inextricably intertwined wi
 th questions of citizenship and belonging.  This webinar is inspired by Ann
 ette Gordon-Reed’s essay “Making Americans: A History\,” in which she chart
 s the persistently warring visions of America: one based on ideals\, the ot
 her based on blood and heritage. Webinar participants will explore the hist
 oric and legal trajectory […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>American democracy has always been inextri
 cably intertwined with questions of citizenship and belonging.  This webina
 r is inspired by <strong>Annette Gordon-Reed’s essay</strong> “<strong><a h
 ref="https://www.aals.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2026/09/Gordon-Reed_A
 merica-Unfinished.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Making Ame
 ricans: A History</a></strong>\,” in which she charts the persistently warr
 ing visions of America: one based on ideals\, the other based on blood and 
 heritage. Webinar participants will explore the historic and legal trajecto
 ry of American identity\, the current resurgence of “blood and soil” rhetor
 ic\, and the implications for the future of citizenship and equality in Ame
 rica.</p><p><strong>Moderator</strong><br />Jeremiah Chin\, Chair of the Se
 ction on Civil Rights\, University of Washington School of Law</p><p><stron
 g>Speakers</strong><br />Annette Gordon-Reed\, Harvard Law School<br />Jama
 l Greene\, Columbia Law School</p><p><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webin
 ar/register/WN_twl_jjq_TuSAthzT8FHy5Q#/registration"><strong>Register for t
 his Zoom event.</strong></a></p><hr /><p>This event is part of a series fro
 m The Association of American Law Schools on foundational themes explored i
 n the book <a href="https://hls.harvard.edu/america-unfinished/" target="_b
 lank" rel="noreferrer noopener">America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Go
 vernance</a> (MIT Press\, 2026). Edited by Alexandra Natapoff (Lee S. Krein
 dler Professor of Law) and Guy-Uriel Charles (Charles Ogletree\, Jr. Profes
 sor of Law)\, the book assembles short essays from over 60 members of the H
 arvard Law School faculty\, written from the perspectives of their many div
 erse fields\, analyzing the issues facing our country’s bold experiment in 
 democratic governance at this important milestone in American history.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN="Julie Vakoc":MAILTO:jvakoc@law.harvard.edu
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