Monday at the NCC Book Club

Ilan Wurman on The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction

Monday, July 27 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Online and In Person

Constitutional scholar Ilan Wurman joins us on Monday, July 27, at 6:30 p.m. for a conversation on his new book, The Constitution of 1789: A New Introduction.

Written to coincide with the semiquincentennial of American independence, the book offers a fresh examination of the Constitution’s origins, structure, separation of powers, and the relationship between the Constitution and the American founding. Wurman explores how the Constitution was understood at its creation and the questions that have animated constitutional debates for over two centuries. Julie Silverbrook, chief content and learning officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. 

We invite you to be part of the conversation. Share your questions in advance at [email protected]. Questions may be selected and asked live during the event.

About the Author

Ilan Wurman is the Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota, where he teaches constitutional law and administrative law. He is the author of A Debt Against the Living: An Introduction to Originalism (Cambridge University Press 2017), and The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment (Cambridge University Press 2021). 

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