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Eran A. Zelnik

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The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord

How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.

by Eran A. Zelnik via HNN on April 15, 2025
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Merry, Manly Militias

Levity and play — eerily combined with anxiety, terror, and deadly violence — shaped the identity and image of Early Republic militias.

by Eran A. Zelnik via HNN on January 28, 2025
No, Liberal Historians Can’t Tame Nationalism

Historians should reject nationalism and help readers to avoid its dangers.

by Eran A. Zelnik via The Activist History Review on November 8, 2022

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Pessimism and Primary Sources in the Survey

The pessimism of some historians does an injustice to marginalized people of the past and can produce cynicism in students.

by Jonathan W. Wilson via Teaching United States History on May 20, 2019

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