DrewFaust

U.S. Historian | @Harvard professor & president emerita | former @UPenn | @BrynMawrCollege alum | "Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury"

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Honored to give the @Harvard @PhiBetaKappa oration this morning and grateful to have a chance to speak about how current attacks on higher education threaten to undermine one of our country’s greatest assets. https://t.co/YqNBUOui0B

[Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem]

"These men made our lives possible. They were impelled to risk all by a sense of obligation to the future. We possess a reciprocal obligation to the past. We must not squander what they bequeathed to us."
@DrewFaust28 on this Memorial Day. @nytimes

https://t.co/EK3e53GqxR

[A'Lelia Bundles @aleliabundles]

Thrilled to announce "Joy Goddess: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance." Coming from @ScribnerBooks June 10, 2025. A long journey but perfect timing for 2025's Harlem Renaissance centennial milestones. Excited that this icon's REAL story will finally be out in the world.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

I am very, very excited about this: https://t.co/Ug1CV3VJHo

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Congrats Tommy!

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

A perfect choice for the Kluge Prize and a wonderful celebration Friday. Congratulations Anthony @KAnthonyAppiah and Librarian Hayden @LibnOfCongress

[Carla Hayden @LibnOfCongress]

Dr. Appiah’s philosophical work is elegant & groundbreaking. His writing about race & identity transcends predictable categories & encourages dialogue across traditional divisions. He is an ideal recipient for the Kluge Prize & we were proud to celebrate him Friday evening.

[Jonathan A. Noyalas @McCormickCWI]

So honored to deliver the keynote at an event today honoring Thomas Laws, an enslaved man from Clarke County, VA, who played such a critical role in intelligence gathering for Union general Philip Sheridan. He’s an important figure in my book Slavery & Freedom @floridapress

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Q&A: Undergraduate admissions in the wake of the 2023 Supreme Court ruling | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://t.co/KY7iN42lW5

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Susan Wojcicki’s untimely death. I send my heartfelt condolences to her husband @dtroper and family.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Remember and honor Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner and the price they paid when they were murdered in Mississippi exactly sixty years ago today while fighting for all of our voting rights:

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

I'm pleased to join @soledadobrien and my fellow Women in Public Life honoree Judy Roth Berkowitz for today's conversation at @NYHistory. https://t.co/1N1jLOHFsi

[#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @SlaveryarchiveX]

As #Juneteenth approach we start the countdown for the publication of new books on the history of slavery and race in the United States. In this story, VISUAL IMAGES matter. Can't wait to read @sarahelizalewis's The Unseen #slaveryarchive https://t.co/pqJfcVCzIS

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

A distressing and beautifully rendered piece for us all to contemplate this Memorial Day weekend from the incomparable ⁦@PhilKlay⁩ https://t.co/Xx1sRtWV4l

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Here is an excerpt from my Tuesday @PhiBetaKappa speech defending imperiled universities, which was published in the @BostonGlobe. https://t.co/sibmq9u7mt

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

So honored that my book was the gift to these newly commissioned students. And so honored to see this record number of students devoted to serving their country. https://t.co/8xBm9PCL2W

[Jameel Jaffer @JameelJaffer]

Drew Gilpin Faust, president emerita of Harvard, delivered these eloquent, powerful remarks yesterday. A full-throated and much-needed defense of the university--not Harvard specifically, but "the university" as a concept and institution. https://t.co/mo9bMuGqUd

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

I am so grateful for your generous words, David.

[David Sanger @SangerNYT]

Don’t miss this vital speech from @DrewFaust28, one of the great historians, and defenders of academic freedom, of our time.

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Thank you so much, Nick. Your words mean a lot.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Terrific and important speech about attacks on higher education and their cost to the country. Much recommended.

[Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein]

Really important piece by @JenBerryHawes! 70 Years After Brown v. Board, Segregation Academies Persist in Deep South https://t.co/1wXQPkvlEi

[DrewFaust @DrewFaust28]

Looking forward to being part of the tour in conversation with @NickKristof 5/16. Harvard Bookstore! The book is gripping and inspiring. Can’t wait to hear more from Nick about it.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

I do hope my book tour for "Chasing Hope" goes better than Kristi Noem's book tour.