Page of Reason, Vol. XVIII, May 2023
Dispatches from your most humble servant, the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies, Iona University.
Welcome to Volume XVIII 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 Sounds
We are very excited to announce that Season 3, Episode 3 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, Leslie Hayes, is the Vice-President for Education at the New-York Historical Society.
Common Acts
CFP alert!
The Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS) at Iona University invites submissions for a hybrid online and in-person symposium on the topic of “Communication and Power in Early America.” This symposium aims to explore how communication shaped, reflected, and challenged power relations in North America from 1750-1850. The organizers have ambitions of extending this conversation through a scholarly anthology and/or a journal special edition.
A symposium will take place October 6-7, 2023, with both in-person and online opportunities for presentation. The in-person component will take place at the ITPS at Iona University in New Rochelle, New York. To submit a proposal, please send a single document including a brief biographical statement and abstract of no more than 300 words to communicationandpower@gmail.com by June 1, 2023. Please feel free to reach out to the symposium organizing committee — Mark Boonshoft, Katlyn Carter, Carolyn Eastman, Nora Slonimsky, and Ben Wright– with any questions.
Common Campus
Iona University’s Scholars’ Day in April featured a panel of students from the ITPS’ Public History and Digital Humanities program, focusing on the theories and practices of PH and DH. Learn more about the program here, and congratulations to Emily Varker, Denyil Phillips, and Elijah Borges for their fantastic presentations, including Elijah’s presentation based on his internship research in collaboration with George Washington’s Mount Vernon “Early American Music Manuscripts Database”!
Common Views
On April 14, 2023, Dr. Matthew Kruer (University of Chicago) joined the ITPS-Thomas Paine Cottage Museum author series 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 discussed themes from the book, and ITPS Public Historian Dr. Michael Crowder moderated an audience Q & A session. Please enjoy Dr. Kruer discussing his wonderful book!
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:
Email itps@iona.edu with your answer!