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SUMMARY:Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Jacqueline Beatty
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Women’s History Month program with Professor Jacqueline Beatty (York College of Pennsylvania) about her new book In Dependence: Women and the Patriarchal State in Revolutionary America (2023) to learn about women’s agency in early America and how their dependent status – rather than their independent status – enabled them to achieve financial and legal protections. \nIn Dependence explores the ways in which women in Boston\, Philadelphia\, and Charleston manipulated their legal\, social\, and economic positions of dependence and turned these constraints into vehicles of female empowerment. Although the law and social custom established restrictions on women’s rights and behavior\, early American women were not completely powerless in their dependent state. By using legislative petitions\, divorce cases\, marriage settlements\, equity cases\, probate records\, manumission deeds\, freedom suits\, almshouse records\, and charitable institutional files\, In Dependence demonstrates that women defined their relationship with the patriarchal state—the colonial\, revolutionary\, and early national governments and organizations helmed by elite men—in terms of their multifaceted dependencies. \nLight refreshments will be served. \n  \nThis is a hybrid event. Please join us in person or online via Zoom. \nCLICK HERE FOR IN PERSON REGISTRATION\nThomas Paine Cottage Museum\n20 Sicard Avenue\nNew Rochelle\, NY 10804\nDriving Directions \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM WEBINAR \nPresented in partnership with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association
URL:http://theitps.org/event/quaff-quill-book-talk-with-jacqueline-beatty/
LOCATION:Thomas Paine Cottage Museum\, 20 Sicard Drive\, New Rochelle\, NY\, 10801\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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SUMMARY:Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Jordan B. Smith
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies for a talk with Professor Jordan B. Smith (Widener University) about his new book\, The Invention of Rum: Creating the Quintessential Atlantic Commodity (2025) to learn the complex history of rum\, from its production to its consumption\, and from its origins in the Caribbean to its impact on the Atlantic world. \nIt was strong. It was cheap. It was ubiquitous. Fermented and distilled from the refuse of sugar production\, rum emerged in the seventeenth-century Caribbean as a new commodity. To conjure something desirable from waste\, the makers\, movers\, and drinkers of rum arrived at its essential qualities through cross-cultural experimentation and exchange. Those profiting most from the sale of rum also relied on plantation slavery\, devoured natural resources\, and overlooked the physiological effects of overconsumption in their pursuit of profit. Focusing on the lived experiences of British colonists\, Indigenous people\, and enslaved Africans\, The Invention of Rum shows how people engaged in making and consuming this commodity created a new means of profit that transformed the Atlantic world. \nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association. \nFor in person registration\, click HERE. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar\, click HERE. \n  \nThis program is produced with support from the Lapidus Initiative for Early American Inquiry and the “Common Sense and the Constitution: Civic Engagement in the Spirit of 1776” initiative from the American History and Civics Education – Seminars (AHC-Seminars) Program at the Department of Education.
URL:http://theitps.org/event/2526/
LOCATION:LaPenta School of Business\, Henry Lecture Hall\, Iona University & Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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SUMMARY:Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Emily Sneff
DESCRIPTION:Publishing for the 250th anniversary of the United States\, When the Declaration of Independence Was News focuses on the nation’s founding document at the moment of its creation in 1776\, before anyone knew what the legacy of the Declaration would be or if the United States would win the war against Great Britain. It explores how the Declaration was communicated to people in the new nation and around the Atlantic world and reveals the stories of the many people involved in the process of declaring independence\, from printers to soldiers to diplomats to translators. \n\n\nDr. Emily Sneff is an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence. She earned her Ph.D. in History from William & Mary. She is a consulting curator for exhibitions marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration at the Museum of the American Revolution and Historic Trappe.\n\n\n\nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association. \nFor in person registration\, click HERE. \nTo register for the Zoom webinar\, click HERE. \nThis program is produced with support from the “Common Sense and the Constitution: Civic Engagement in the Spirit of 1776” initiative from the American History and Civics Education – Seminars (AHC-Seminars) Program at the Department of Education.
URL:http://theitps.org/event/quaff-quill-book-talk-with-emily-sneff/
LOCATION:LaPenta School of Business\, Henry Lecture Hall\, Iona University & Virtual via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Quaff & Quill: Book Talk with Jack Kelly
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies for a talk with historian Jack Kelly about his new book\, Tom Paine’s War: The Words That Rallied a Nation and the Founder for Our Time (2026) to explore two of Paine’s essays–Common Sense and The American Crisis–that turned a rebellion over taxes into a true revolution. Kelly’s tribute to 250th anniversary of American independence\, the book is a riveting reflection on the power of words and belief. \nLight refreshments will be served. \n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association. \nFor in person registration\, click HERE.
URL:http://theitps.org/event/2534/
LOCATION:Ryan Library and via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Talk
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SUMMARY:America’s ‘First Revolution’: Indigenous Nations\, Bacon’s Rebellion\, and Mythologies of Independence from 1676 to Today
DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS\nAs the United States reflects on the 250th anniversary of independence\, the question of what defines a revolution is an enduring one\, especially its motivations\, goals\, and chronology. When veered toward separation from the British Empire\, their prior experience with resistance and revolt shaped their answers. One example\, Bacon’s Rebellion\, was once called America’s ‘First’ Revolution by historians. Taking place exactly one hundred years before the Declaration of Independence\, the conflict has often been understood as an early site of resistance to British authority\, which elevated it to a prophetic event with mythological power. The narratives that subsequently developed around rebellion\, revolution\, and\, eventually\, independence—not only in the eighteenth century but also in popular and scholarly imaginations today—often reflected that perception. Moreover\, these narratives were also part of an even earlier chronology\, one where the specter of the English Revolution (1639–1659) was a pervasive narrative touchstone. Yet\, as more recent scholarship demonstrates\, the imaginary around Bacon’s Rebellion and the origins of revolution was far more complex\, particularly in the roles that played alongside enslaved\, colonial\, and imperial actors. \n  \nFor the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies’ (ITPS) Seventh Biannual Conference\, we hope to contribute to ongoing dialogues about commemoration and American independence by considering these earlier debates around the meanings of revolution. We welcome proposals that consider these themes not just around late seventeenth century histories\, but also how a variety of peoples interpreted the meanings of rebellion\, revolution\, and independence in the centuries before 1776. We are similarly interested in proposals that consider the influence of those interpretations in our present moment\, and those that foreground tribal\, community\, and descendant histories\, oral histories\, digital tools\, public history sites\, archival resources\, interactive platforms\, classroom strategies\, and more. “America’s ‘First’ Revolution” will be a fully hybrid program\, with virtual and in-person components on the Iona campus in New Rochelle\, which is located just outside New York City in Westchester County. Presentations can take the form of papers\, posters\, lightening talks\, non-traditional presentations (including film or other creative works)\, and pre-formed panels and roundtables. \n  \nScholars and experts of all disciplinary and professional backgrounds and levels are encouraged to apply. If needed\, financial support for participation may be available. Please include a 250-word abstract and either a one-page curriculum vitae or brief bio in one document labeled with the applicant or session organizer’s last name\, with participant name(s)\, title\, and email address at the top of the first page of the proposal. Submissions may be sent to itps@iona.edu by May 15\, 2026\, and will be notified of decisions by early June. Proposals will be considered by the program committee\, which includes Dr. Matthew Kruer of the University of Chicago\, Dr. Haley Negrin of the University of Illinois: Chicago\, Dr. Adam Arenson of the ITPS and Iona University Honors Program\, Ms. Mindy De Palma of Iona University\, and Dr. Nicole Mahoney of the ITPS and Iona University. For additional information or questions\, please contact Dr. Nora Slonimsky\, ITPS Director\, at nslonimsky@iona.edu. \n  \nThis conference is possible thanks to support from “Common Sense and the Constitution: Civic Engagement in the Spirit of 1776” initiative from the American History and Civics Education – Seminars (AHC-Seminars) Program at the Department of Education and the Lapidus Initiative for Early American Inquiry.
URL:http://theitps.org/event/americas-first-revolution-indigenous-nations-bacons-rebellion-and-mythologies-of-independence-from-1676-to-today/
LOCATION:LaPenta School of Business\, Henry Lecture Hall\, Iona University & Virtual via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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