About me
Andrew Hartman is Distinguished Professor of History at Illinois State University, a two-time Fulbright Distinguished Fellow, and founding president of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History. A leading scholar of modern American political and cultural conflict, his work traces how ideas shape institutions, movements, and national identity.
He is the author of Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School, A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture Wars, and Karl Marx in America (University of Chicago Press, 2025). Across his scholarship, Hartman examines how ideological battles over schools, economics, religion, and national purpose have defined the American experience.
At FreedomFest, Hartman brings historical depth to today’s debates — illuminating how America’s culture wars began, evolved, and continue to shape the republic.
