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Dr. Nora Slonimsky, Remember the #Ladies: Women Printers and the Social Media of the American Revolution
2022-03-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Presented by the Alexander Hamilton awareness Society in collaboration with the Hamilton Grange National Memorial, the Institute for the Thomas Paine Studies, and the Fort Plain Museum. Virtual event, free registration here.
From Common Sense to the Declaration of Independence, there are many iconic publications associated with the American Revolution. The importance of printing and of communication before, during, and after the war for independence is well established, with the social networks of the eighteenth century playing just as big a role in society as their digital counterparts do today. Women printers were pivotal to this work of the revolutionary movement, and yet they are often given only a small role in the history of media in the late eighteen century. This talk will remember, in the words of Abigail Adams, some of these ladies, women like Elizabeth Hunter Holt and Mary Katherine Goddard, and consider what impact their work had on Alexander and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.
Dr. Nora Slonimsky is the Gardiner Assistant Professor of History at Iona College, where she also serves as Director of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS). Nora’s research focuses on the intersection of intellectual property, commerce, and politics in colonial, revolutionary, and early national America.

Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Ratcliffe Institute, Harvard University) in Conversation with Christopher J. Farley
2022-02-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | LaPenta School of Business, Henry Lecture Hall, Iona University & Virtual via Zoom
Hosted by the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS) and co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Iona College, this virtual hybrid event features a talk from Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin, Dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and Professor of History at Harvard University. Moderated by journalist, author, and novelist Christopher J. Farley, this event will highlight Dean Brown-Nagin’s new book, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, published by Pantheon Books in January 2022.
Iona College in-person student reception at LaPenta School of Business, Henry Lecture Hall (105). Attendance limited to fifty (50), email Dr. Michael Crowder at mcrowder@iona.edu to RSVP. Scan the QR code below for free registration.

ITPS-Revolutionary Westchester 250 Roundtable Book Group
2022-01-30 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library 202, Iona College, 714 North Ave., New Rochelle, NY, 10801, United States
The Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College is joining RW250 to expand participation as a cosponsor and host of the RW250 Roundtable Book Group. This session’s selection is Nathaniel Philbrick, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution. In this award-winning book, Philbrick brings his engaging style and critical research to this fascinating story, highlighting Westchester County’s important role in the American War for Independence. ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder will moderate the discussion. This event is a hybrid format of Zoom and in-person attendances, Sunday, January 30, 2021 from 2:00-4:00 PM. In-person attendance at Ryan Library, Iona College, Room 202. If you are interested in in-person attendance, please contact Connie Kehoe of Revolutionary Westchester 250 (1776rw250@gmail.com) or Dr. Michael Crowder (mcrowder@iona.edu). Free Zoom registration here.

ITPS Constitution Day Event: "Legacies of the Constitution"
2021-09-16 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Co-hosted by the ITPS and Thomas Paine Cottage-Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association, “Legacies of the Constitution” is a virtual roundtable discussion to commemorate Constitution Day on September 16, 2021, 6:00PM-8:00PM. The roundtable features ITPS Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky, Dr. Sally E. Hadden (Western Michigan University), Dr. Martha Jones (The Johns Hopkins University), Dr. Kate Masur (Northwestern University), and Dr. Jeanne Sheehan Zaino (Iona College), moderated by ITPS Director and Gardiner Assistant Professor of History Dr. Nora Slonimsky. Free registration is available here.

ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum Virtual Book Talk: Dr. Jeanne Zaino on American Crisis in Democracy
2021-03-24 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
We’re thrilled to host Iona College’s Dr. Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on March 24, 2021, for a virtual discussion of her new book, American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government (Palgrave Macmillan), in conjunction with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association in New Rochelle, NY. Zaino will discuss her book in conversation with ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder. Free registration here!

ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum Virtual Talk, Dr. Ben Wright on Bonds of Salvation
2021-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
We’re thrilled to host Dr. Ben Wright (UT-Dallas) on February 25, 2021, for a virtual discussion of his new book, Bonds of Salvation: How Christianity Inspired and Limited American Abolitionism (LSU Press), in conjunction with the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum-Huguenot Historical Association in New Rochelle, NY. Wright will discuss his book in conversation with ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder. Free Registration here!

ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum Virtual Book Talk: Dr. Mark Boonshoft
2020-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
Co-Sponsored by the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies and the Thomas Paine Cottage Museum, Dr. Mark Boonshoft, Executive Director, American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, discusses “The Founding-Era Struggle for Public Schools and Informed Citizenship.” Dr. Boonshoft’s talk draws from his recently-published book Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic (University of North Carolina Press, 2020). After the talk, ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder joins Dr. Boonshoft for a conversation and audience Q & A session.

Foundations of Independence: Protest and Communication in Revolutionary America, 1770 to 2020
2020-09-24 08:00 - 2020-09-26 17:00 (America/New_York)
Conference page and keynote speeches.
A Virtual Conference Hosted by Iona College and the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS)
This conference will be broadcast as a series of Zoom webinars. See the conference page for information on how to register for individual sessions.
Please note: You must register for a session to be sent the webinar link. There is no conference wide registration. You have to register separately for every session you plan to attend.

Age of Revolution in the Digital Age Symposium
2020-09-11 08:00 - 2020-09-12 17:00 (America/New_York)
Rescheduled for September 11-12, 2020
Conference page here
Workshop was invite only. Applications are now closed. Original CFP Below.
Information landscapes are changing profoundly. In order to absorb, circulate, and share knowledge, we all must balance “old” and “new” media. This is as true for academics as it is for anyone else, and how scholars negotiate these paradigms shapes our research, our teaching, and our attempts to reach broader publics. And yet, while the technologies and mediums that dominate contemporary communications are indeed new, the opportunities and challenges they pose are not. The late eighteenth century age of revolutions included similarly dramatic upheavals in media and power. Understanding this history offers considerable insight our present moment, and harnessing the potential of digital tools enables new insights into this crucial historical period.
The Institute of Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College invites scholars of history and digital media to join us in exploring how digital tools offer new insights into the Age of Revolutions and how the history of this era can help us better understand our own digital age. Participants working at the nexus of these two fields are encouraged to apply for a workshop-symposium that will take place at Iona College September 11-12, 2020. Participants will also be invited to submit edited and expanded papers for future symposia and considered for inclusion in a volume to be published by Cornell University Press.
Applicants are encouraged to send an abstract of no more than 300 words and a one page C.V. as a single document to itps@iona.edu.
The organizers invite submissions from all scholars of early America and/or digital media and particularly welcome proposals from members of under-represented communities. Financial assistance for travel and accommodations may be available for select participants.

Trading Spaces
2020-01-07 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The Colonial Marketplace and the Foundations of American Capitalism.

Co-Sponsored Reception at SHEAR 2019
2019-07-18 08:00 - 2019-07-21 17:00 UTC
ITPS Co-sponsored reception at the 41st Annual SHEAR Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 18-21, 2019

Communications and Empire in the Revolutionary Atlantic
2019-06-13
ITPS Sponsored Panel, “Communications and Empire in the Revolutionary Atlantic” at the annual Omohundro Institute (OI) conference held in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June 13-15, 2019.

Digital Humanities Workshop
2019-05-01 08:00 - 2020-09-22 17:00 (America/New_York)
This workshop will foster conversation between The Text Attribution Project (TAP) and other practitioners in the DH field.
Limited space is available for interested Iona faculty, staff, and community partners. Please RSVP by April 1, 2019.

ITPS Patriots' Day Symposium
2019-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
Symposium Page
As part of the Iona Month of Excellence in Scholarly and Creative Activities, “From Concord to Common Sense: Commemoration and Conflict in the Legacy of the American Revolution” will explore the complex relationship between celebration and critique of the American war for independence.
Inspired by the creation of Patriots’ Day in the late nineteenth century, this symposium will discuss how we remember the Revolutionary Era. A holiday celebrated in three states – and recognized locally in many others – Patriots’ Day commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord on the third Monday of April every year, recognizing them start of the American Revolution. Three roundtable discussions and an ITPS archival exhibit will address questions of what commemoration means, the social role and responsibility of commemorative practices, and how evolving methodologies in the digital humanities and in public history influence our historical memory of events and figures—from Thomas Paine to the 21st century.
This event is free and open to the public. No RSVP required!

Iona Scholar’s Day - Roundtable of Undergraduate Student Research
2019-04-09 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
This event is free and open to Iona faculty, staff, students, and invited guests.

Making a Republic Imperial
2019-03-28 - 2019-03-29
The ITPS, along with the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Princeton History Department, is sponsoring the McNeil Center Conference, “Making a Republic Imperial,” March 28 – 29, 2019.

Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age, Thomas Paine’s Publishing Networks, Past and Present
2018-10-11 08:00 - 2018-10-13 17:00 (America/New_York) | Spellman Hall, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“Revolutionary Texts in a Digital Age, Thomas Paine’s Publishing Networks, Past and Present”, October 2018
Conference program and related materials

Mapping the Road to Revolution
2018-06-15 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
ITPS Sponsored Session at the 75th Anniversary Conference of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture (OIEHAC). In June 2018, the ITPS sponsored a session, “Mapping the Road to Revolution,” at the OI conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Gardiner Funded Faculty and Staff Brown Bag Workshops
2018-04-05 08:00 - 2018-04-12 17:00 (America/New_York) | Spellman Hall, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
Spring 2018 Series
This series of presentations and discussions featured exciting faculty research and was funded by the Gardiner Foundation over the last year. All sessions were held in Spellman Hall, room 106B, from noon to 1 p.m.

Thursday, April 5, 2018: Dr. Lubomir Ivanov and Dr. Smiljana Petrovic (Computer Science), “An Integrated Approach to Authorship Attribution of Historical Texts.”
Tuesday, April 10, 2018: Dr. Scott Cleary (English), “Editing Thomas Paine,” Dr. Dean Defino (English), “Archives and Interdisciplinary.”
Thursday, April 12, 2018: Gary Berton (ITPS), “Uncovering Hidden Thomas Paine Manuscripts.”

Thomas Paine and the Presidents
2017-01-01 08:00 - 2017-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“Thomas Paine and the Presidents,” showing Paine’s relationship to the first three American Presidents (Ryan Library, 2017).

Thomas Paine and Voting Rights
2016-01-01 08:00 - 2016-12-31 08:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“Thomas Paine and Voting Rights,” showing excerpts from his address to the French Assembly in 1795 in defense of universal suffrage (Ryan Library, 2016).

The First Great Disinformation Campaign: The Use of Slander in Political Cartoons to Discredit the Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine
2014-01-01 08:00 - 2014-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“The First Great Disinformation Campaign: The Use of Slander in Political Cartoons to Discredit the Political Philosophy of Thomas Paine.” This exhibit assembled cartoons used to undermine Paine’s influence with the British and American people in the 1790s (Ryan Library).

An Unpublished Thomas Paine Letter to Garat from 1800
2013-01-01 08:00 - 2013-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“An Unpublished Thomas Paine Letter to Garat from 1800” features a letter never published from Paine to a French leader (Ryan Library, 2013).

An Introduction to the TPNHA Collection
2012-01-01 08:00 - 2012-12-31 17:00 (America/New_York) | Ryan Library, 715 North Ave, New Rochelle, NY, 10801
“An Introduction to the TPNHA Collection” exhibit featured the wide range of artifacts held in the Collection, from Paine’s personal effects, to rare books about Paine, and early editions of Paine’s writings (Ryan Library, 2012)
