This is Democracy – Episode 70: Brexit: What is the Future of Democracy in Great Britain?

Jeremi sits down with Professor Kennedy to discuss the status of Brexit and how it will change the dynamic relationships between countries within the U.K. and its peoples. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “England 2019.” Dane Kennedy teaches courses in British imperial, modern British, and world history at George Washington University. He is the author of six books, the most recent being The Imperial History Wars: Debating the British Empire (2018), Decolonization: A Very Short Introduction (2016) and The Last Blank Spaces: Exploring Africa and Australia (2013) and editor or co-editor of three others, including How Empire Shaped Us (2016) and Reinterpreting Exploration: The West in the World (2013). Kennedy was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003-04 and a National Humanities Center Fellowship in 2010-11. He was president of the North American Conference of British Studies from 2011-13. He currently directs the National History Center.