Fred Anderson, Ph.D.

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Professor of History Emeritus | University of Colorado-Boulder

Fred Anderson received his B.A. with Highest Distinction from Colorado State University in 1971 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1981. He taught at Harvard and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His publications include Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 (2000) and, with Andrew Cayton, The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America,1500-2000 (2005).

March 23, 2024

Episode 6: The Proclamation

Against the backdrop of Pontiac's War in North America, George III's ministers in London draw on lessons learned in colonial Nova Scotia to begin drafting a blueprint for transforming British America into an empire of order.…
Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , S. Max Edelson, Ph.D. , Alexandra Montgomery, Ph.D. , Matthew Dziennik, Ph.D. , Grace Mallon, Ph.D. , Beau Robbins
Jan. 31, 2024

Episode 5: The Uprising

As the British began to assert control over North America in the wake of the Seven Years' War, the actions of British American settlers and the messages of a native prophet convinced some Indigenous peoples throughout the Oh…
Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Maeve Kane, Ph.D. , George Ironstrack , Norman Rodger , Hayley Madl , Anne Fertig, Ph.D. , Loren Moulds , Angel-Luke O'Donnell , Kathryn Gehred , David McKenzie
Dec. 12, 2023

Episode 4: The Empire

Great Britain's conquest of New France in North America and its victory in the Seven Years' War inspired British subjects on both sides of the Atlantic to look forward to a future they could see but through a glass darkly, a…
Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Kathleen DuVal, Ph.D. , S. Max Edelson, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Jon Kukla, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Norman Rodger , Spencer McBride, Ph.D. , Nicholas Cole, Ph.D. , John Turner, Ph.D. , Anne Fertig, Ph.D.
Nov. 14, 2023

Episode 3: The Triumph

Following three years of stinging defeats in the Seven Years' War, the British begin to turn the tide against the French in North America in no small measure because Indigenous peoples decided the war should end.  Featuring:…
Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Matthew Dziennik, Ph.D. , Julie Flavell, Ph.D. , Serena Zabin, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Emmanuel Dubois , Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Ph.D. , John McCurdy, Ph.D. , Michael Newton, Ph.D. , Daniel Howlett
Oct. 18, 2023

Episode 2: The Nadir

Following the outbreak of the Seven Years' War in North America, the British and French begin mobilizing for war and appoint commanders-in-chief to lead the war effort, only to clash with colonists over how power, authority,…
Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Katherine Carté, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Norman Rodger , Emmanuel Dubois , Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Ph.D. , Hayley Madl , John McCurdy, Ph.D. , Grace Mallon, Ph.D. , Spencer McBride, Ph.D. , Nate Sleeter, Ph.D. , Alexandra Krebs, Ph.D.
Sept. 25, 2023

Episode 1: The Balance

In the 1750s, tensions between the British, the French, and Indigenous peoples over control of the Ohio Country in North America lead to the outbreak of a global war with revolutionary consequences.  Featuring: Fred Anderson…
Guests: S. Max Edelson, Ph.D. , Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Maeve Kane, Ph.D. , George Ironstrack , Norman Rodger , Emmanuel Dubois , Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Ph.D.
Sept. 12, 2023

Season One Trailer: The Crisis

Season One of Worlds Turned Upside Down, "The Crisis," follows the stories of American colonists, Indigenous peoples, and Europeans as they grappled with the revolutionary consequences of Great Britain's victory in the Seven…
Guests: Serena Zabin, Ph.D. , Julie Flavell, Ph.D. , Shira Lurie, Ph.D. , Wendy Bellion, Ph.D. , Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Jon Kukla, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Mary Beth Norton, Ph.D. , Maeve Kane, Ph.D.