Noah Shusterman
I am an historian and
an Associate Professor at the
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
I research the eighteenth
century, including most
recently the history of
militias and of the path
toward the Second
Amendment.
MY LATEST BOOK
Armed Citizens: The Road from Ancient Rome to the Second Amendment
Armed Citizens explains for a general reader what eighteenth-century militias were and why the authors of the Constitution believed them to be necessary to the security of a free state.
My Books
I've published three books: Armed Citizens; Religion and the Politics of Time: Holidays in France from Louis XIV through Napoleon; and The French Revolution: Faith, Desire, and Politics.
My Podcasts
Listen to me talking about my work.
My Academic Articles
Articles I’ve published in academic journals.
My Popular Press
Articles I’ve published in the popular press.
“No one has ever explained the big picture of where militias come from with such clarity and wisdom. This is a work that addresses numerous debates in an exquisitely informed and careful way, from gun rights to slavery to the relation of the Constitution to modern times. It will inspire salutes for many years to come.”
David Waldstreicher,
CUNY Graduate Center
CONTACT ME
History Department,
1/F Fung King Hey Building
CUHK
Shatin, NT, Hong Kong