Julian Emanuel Zelizer (born 1969) is a professor of
political history and an author in the
United States at
Princeton University.[1] Zelizer has authored or co-authored several books about American political history; his focuses of study are the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century.
Zelizer has contributed to
CNN.com and
The Atlantic.[4][5] He is a regular commentator on news programs and has appeared in several documentary films.[6] He penned the introduction to a 2016 edition of the
Kerner report.[7] He is the
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Professor of History and Public Policy.[8]
He has twice won the
D. B. Hardeman Prize, for Taxing America: Wilbur D. Mills, Congress, and the State, 1945–1975 and The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.[9][10]
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974, co-authored with
Kevin M. Kruse, received wide critical acclaim.[11][12][13]
Zelizer's most-recent book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, was called "insightful" by The New York Times, which also recognized it as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020". The Washington Post wrote that it was "engaging" and "timely".[14][15][16]
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society (2015)
Media Nation: The Political History of News in Modern America (2017), editor, with
Bruce J. Schulman
The Presidency of Barack Obama: A First Historical Assessment (2018), editor
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (2019), with Kevin M. Kruse
Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (2020)
Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement (2021)
The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment (2022), editor
In addition to authoring the books listed above, Zelizer has edited or co-edited a number of books including, most recently, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past.[20]