Page of Reason, Vol. VI, November 2021
Dispatches from your most humble servant, the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona College.
Welcome to Volume VI of Page of Reason, a newsletter of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), Iona College, New Rochelle, NY.
Each edition of Page of Reason features six sections, highlighting our activities and 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 Research Portal, theitps.org and follow us on Twitter @TheITPS!
Common Acts
CFP reminder! Submit your paper and panel proposals for Crafting Narratives of Empire: Contested Roots of Revolution in the Long Eighteenth Century, a September 2022 biannual conference co-hosted alongside the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri. The conference will be held virtually and in-person in New Rochelle, NY, from September 22nd-24th, 2022. Proposals due December 15, 2021.
Scan the QR code on the flyer, read the full CFP, and find paper and panel submission details here!
Common Sounds
New history podcast alert! Produced by ITPS collaborators at the Center for Digital History at Washington Library, Dr. James Ambuske and Jeanette Patrick, “Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon” is a must-subscribe deep dive into the histories of enslavement at Mount Vernon. More information and introductory teaser here!
Common Views
Event this weekend! Join us on Zoom for “The Americas Online: Thinking Digitally About Early America,” a conference co-sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the ITPS. Featuring ITPS-UVA postdoctoral fellow Dr. Alexi Garrett on Saturday 11/13 speaking about the Loyalist Migrations Project.
Full details, schedule, and registration info here!
Common Words
ITPS Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky has published several recent pieces that contextualize current events, including one on George Washington’s views of executive privilege, the lasting legacy of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for women, and on “financial corruption and a return to founding principles.” Read and enjoy!
Common Campus
Come work at the ITPS! We’re hiring a Digital Coordinator and Archival Liaison to work with the Thomas Paine National Historical Association collection, among other responsibilities. Scan the QR code below for more information on the job requirements and application instructions.
Common Facts
Thanks to a recent, generous donation, our Lapidus Collection of Revolutionary Era historiography is growing rapidly! We’ve begun a series of “Classic Covers” on ITPS social media, and this edition of Common Facts is inspired by this campaign. Name the editor of the volume that features this scene on the front cover:
Email your answer to itps@iona.edu!
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