Patrick Griffin, Ph.D.

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Madden-Hennebry Family Professor of History | University of Notre Dame

I am a professor of history at Notre Dame. Before that I taught at the University of Virginia. I have earned degrees from Notre Dame, Columbia, Northwestern, and Oxford. I have published five solo-authored books and edited a few more. Last year, I was Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford. This year I was admitted as an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Dec. 18, 2024

Episode 12: The Conspiracy

In the wake of the Stamp Act Crisis, the British chart a new course for empire in North America by imposing taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea, pitting British Americans against Parliament…and each other.
Guests: Zara Anishanslin, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Norman Rodger , Hayley Madl , Grace Mallon, Ph.D. , Anne Fertig, Ph.D. , Kathryn Gehred , Beau Robbins , Christopher Minty, Ph.D. , Melissa Gismondi, Ph.D. , Rosemarie Zagarri, Ph.D. , Evan D. McCormick, Ph.D. , Jeanette Patrick , Alexandra Miller
Oct. 22, 2024

Episode 11: The Resistance

With the Stamp Act defeated, the Sons of Liberty in New York City celebrate by raising a Liberty Pole in tribute to George III, William Pitt, and Liberty, provoking a violent confrontation with British soldiers quartered in …
Guests: Shira Lurie, Ph.D. , Wendy Bellion, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Jon Kukla, Ph.D. , John McCurdy, Ph.D. , Nate Sleeter, Ph.D. , Daniel Howlett , Anne Fertig, Ph.D. , Brad A. Jones, Ph.D. , Adam Smith, Ph.D. , Mills Kelly, Ph.D. , Christopher Minty, Ph.D. , Melissa Gismondi, Ph.D.
Sept. 13, 2024

Episode 10: The Stamp

In the mid-1760s, British fears that a new war with France was only a matter of time leads King George III and his ministers to draw up plans for a permanent army in North America, and a Stamp Tax on the colonies to pay for …
Guests: Alexandra Montgomery, Ph.D. , Wendy Bellion, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Jon Kukla, Ph.D. , Beau Robbins , Abby Chandler, Ph.D. , Brad A. Jones, Ph.D. , Adam Smith, Ph.D. , Mills Kelly, Ph.D. , Cassandra Britt Farrell
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.
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: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , S. Max Edelson, 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: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Shira Lurie, Ph.D. , Serena Zabin, Ph.D. , Wendy Bellion, Ph.D. , Julie Flavell, Ph.D. , Patrick Griffin, Ph.D. , Jon Kukla, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Mary Beth Norton, Ph.D. , Maeve Kane, Ph.D.