Documentarian Ken Burns releases a 12-hour series, 'The American Revolution,' urging Americans to revisit their country's origins. With his work, Burns challenges myths and offers a complex view of ...

The award-winning documentarian reflects on the complexities of the U.S.'s origin story — and the lessons it offers the present.

Created by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, the documentary “The American Revolution” that recently aired on PBS explores the details of the events that happened in ...

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will feature award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns as part of its Building ...

The New Orleans Book Festival headliners signal that this year’s festival is as much about influence and public life as it is about books.

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Trump and his acolytes demean the last few decades of scholarship in US history. It’s actually been a golden age of insight.

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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns joins Olivia Walton April 17 for the next installment of Building Bridges at Heartland Whole ...

Vanderbilt University will host hundreds of conversations in 2026 to foster civil discourse as polarization grows in the ...

Charter Day launched “The Year of Civic Leadership,” which celebrates the university’s commitment to service, public stewardship and leadership for the common good.

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns said the American Revolution has been “sanitized,” calling the war “dark and bloody.” “I think we have sanitized the war. And I — I think it’s out of an understandable ...