Shira Lurie, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History | St. Mary's University

Shira Lurie is an Assistant Professor of U.S. History at Saint Mary's University. She is the author of "The American Liberty Pole: Popular Politics and the Struggle for Democracy in the Early Republic" with UVA Press. Her writing has been published in The Journal of the Early Republic, the Washington Post, the Toronto Star, and Inside Higher Ed. She received a PhD in History from the University of Virginia.

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. 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.