David Blight

Type: Person

David Blight

As of November 2026, David Blight has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Ezra Klein Show (Sep 2025).

David William Blight is the Sterling Professor of History, of African American Studies, and of American Studies and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University. Previously, Blight was a professor of History at Amherst College, where he taught for 13 years. He has won several awards, including the Bancroft Prize and Frederick Douglass Prize for Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, and the Pulitzer Prize and Lincoln Pr

David Blight at a glance
Mentioned in1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026)
First heardSep 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show
RoleSterling Professor of History
AffiliationYale University
FieldHistory

Who talks about David Blight on podcasts?

David Blight came up; the most recent mention was Sep 2025 on The Ezra Klein Show.

What is David Blight mentioned alongside?

David Blight is most often mentioned alongside Arkansas, Jerry Pelosi and Indiana.

Mentioned together: Arkansas, Jerry Pelosi, Indiana, Obamacare, Supreme Court, Michelle Obama, Netflix, Inc., Republican Party, Louisiana, Mississippi