James Hrdlicka
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Mail code: 4302Campus: Tempe
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James Hrdlicka is an Associate Teaching Professor at ASU. An historian of early America, he focuses on the origins and development of democratic constitutionalism. He is the author of Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions: Creating the American Republic, a companion to an exhibition he curated for the New-York Historical Society (which you can view at https://colonistscitizensconstitutions.com/virtual-exhibition/). He is currently writing a book about constitution-making in Revolutionary America. At ASU, he teaches courses that explore American, European, and Atlantic history, and also historical methods and public history. Before coming to ASU, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Ph.D. University of Virginia
B.A. University of Notre Dame
Colonists, Citizens, Constitutions: Creating the American Republic (Scala Arts, 2020). Foreword by Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“Petitioning as State and Federal Constitution-Making: Revolutionary Massachusetts and the American Confederation” in Miguel Dantas da Cruz, ed., Petitioning in the Atlantic World: Empires, Revolutions and Social Movements (Palgrave, 2022).
“‘The Attachment of the People’: The Massachusetts Charter, the French and Indian War, and the Coming of the American Revolution,” The New England Quarterly 89, no. 3 (Sept. 2016): 384-420.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 406 | American Revolution/1763-1789 |
| HST 406 | American Revolution/1763-1789 |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 130 | The Historian's Craft |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 130 | The Historian's Craft |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 130 | The Historian's Craft |
| HST 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| HST 130 | The Historian's Craft |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 580 | Practicum |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| HST 130 | The Historian's Craft |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 110 | United States Since 1865 |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 330 | Historical Thinking |
| HST 194 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 109 | United States to 1865 |
| HST 456 | The Vietnam War |
| HST 495 | Methods of Historical Inquiry |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |
| HST 302 | Studies in History |