Page of Reason, Vol. XVII, April 2023
Welcome to Volume XVII of Page of Reason, a newsletter of the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS), Iona University, New Rochelle, NY! Find more information about the ITPS and our activities at our Research Portal, theitps.org and follow us on Twitter @TheITPS.
Common Campus
We wish you all a wonderful Spring holiday season from the emerging-into-bloom Iona University campus!
Common Sounds
We are very excited to announce that Season 3, Episode 2 of ITPS Pod “Public History in a Virtual Age” is now live! Listen here, and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform.
The New-York Historical Society’s Center for Women’s History is pleased to partner with the ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) at Iona University for the third season of their podcast, Public History in a Virtual Age. In the first half of the season, co-hosts Dr. Kellen Heniford, historical consultant and formerly of the ITPS, and Jeanne Gutierrez, Curatorial Scholar in Women’s History, will interview curators, educators, and scholars at the New-York Historical Society to explore the many ways in which New York’s first museum presents women’s history and gender history to the public. The second half of the season will focus specifically on how public historians in and around New York City address the history of women who are underrepresented in museum and archival collections, with a focus on enslaved women, Indigenous women, and immigrant women.
This episodes guest, Dr. Anna Danziger Halperin, is the Associate Director of the Center for Women’s History and the lead curator of Women March at the New-York Historical Society.
Common Acts
On April 14, 2023 at 6:00 PM in the Hynes Institute at Spellman Hall, Dr. Matthew Kruer (University of Chicago) will join the ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum author series virtually to discuss themes and topics from the recently- published book, Time of Anarchy: Indigenous Power and the Crisis of Colonialism in Early America (Harvard University Press, 2022). Dr. Kruer will discuss themes from the book, and ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder will moderate an audience Q & A session. This is a hybrid event, with in-person registration and Zoom Webinar registration.
Common Views
On March 6, 2023, Dr. Rachel Walker (Assistant Professor, Hartford University) will joined the ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum author series to discuss themes and topics from her new book, Beauty and the Brain: The Science of Human Nature in Early America (University of Chicago Press, 2022). Dr. Walker discussed phrenology and physiology in Early America, with ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder moderating a Q & A session. Enjoy!
Common Facts
Thanks to recent, generous donations, 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 author and title of the book in this snippet image: