Page of Reason, Vol. II, March 2021
Monthly dispatches from your most humble servant, the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona College.
Welcome to Volume II of Page of Reason, a monthly newsletter of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), Iona College, New Rochelle, NY!
Each monthly edition of Page of Reason features six sections of content produced by the ITPS, highlighting the work of our friends and colleagues in the fields of American, Atlantic, and Global history, and featuring the Iona College community: Common Acts, Common Facts, Common Sounds, Common Views, Common Campus, and Common Words. Find more information about the ITPS and our activities at our new Research Portal, theitps.org and follow us on Twitter @TheITPS!
Common Acts
Next in our monthly series of co-produced virtual events alongside the Huguenot & New Rochelle Historical Association, we’re thrilled to host Iona College Political Science Professor Jeanne Sheehan Zaino on Wednesday, March 24 at 7:00 PM. Dr. Zaino will discuss her new book, American Democracy in Crisis: The Case for Rethinking Madisonian Government, with ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder. Free registration here!
Common Words
ITPS Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky’s curatorial expertise is on full display in the second annual History Summit Bookshop, featuring the newest, cutting-edge publications in American and Atlantic history. Visit the Bookshop, browse Dr. Chervinsky’s hand-selected titles, connect with the authors and watch short videos of them discussing their books, and support both local bookstores and the best new scholarship!
Common Sounds
The March episode of Dr. Chervinsky’s ITPS Podcast, “Public History in a Virtual Age,” features two experts in Digital Humanities and Data Science, Dr. Abby Mullens (George Washington University), and longtime friend of the ITPS, Ph.D. Candidate Micki Kaufman (The Graduate Center, CUNY). Listen and subscribe here!
Speaking of Dr. Chervinsky and podcasts, check out this new piece on her favorite American history podcasts! Big shout out to Ben Franklin’s World and its recent episode featuring Dr. Serena Zabin speaking about her new book The Boston Massacre: A Family History. We here at the ITPS have a thing for both the Boston Massacre and Dr. Zabin’s fresh perspective on it!
Common Views
We had the distinct pleasure of hosting Dr. Zabin, in September 2020 as the keynote speaker at our biannual conference, “Foundations of Independence”! Here is Dr. Zabin discussing themes from The Boston Massacre: A Family History, featuring images from her research and a sneak peek of “Witness to the Revolution",” a video game that allows players to role-play as witnesses to the Boston Massacre, under development by Dr. Zabin in collaboration with Dr. Austin Matthews and Carleton College students.
Common Campus
ITPS Director Dr. Nora Slonimsky has made sure that we keep our irons in the Data Science fire by participating Iona College’s Data Science Working Group, part of the Careers in Science program spearheaded by Dr. Sunghee Lee, Board of Trustees Endowed Professor of Science. See the full spring schedule of events featuring interdisciplinary innovators here!
Brother Joseph G. Morgan has devoted his career to teaching generations of Iona College students American history. As the Iona community honors Brother Morgan as he prepares to retire, it’s fair to say that he’s going out with a bang, with the impending publication of his new book Wesley Fishel and Vietnam: A Great and Tragic American Experiment. More information here!
Common Facts
Last month’s Common Facts was a bit of a layup, but nonetheless congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Evan Turiano (The Graduate Center, CUNY) for correctly answering Agrarian Justice, Thomas Paine’s 1796 pamphlet. Once again, we’ll send a box of gifts and goods to the first entrant to answer the following trivia question concerning Thomas Paine and the Age of Revolutions. Email your answer to itps@iona.edu!
This month’s is slightly more difficult: Which enemy-turned-friend of Paine published this self-parodic poem chronicling the removal of Paine’s bones from their resting place in New Rochelle, NY to England in 1820?