2024 Spirit of America Research Symposium

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2024
Time: 4 pm
Location: Wimberly Library, 5th Floor

Scholars from across the U.S. are visiting to conduct research in the Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection! The Weiner Collection of rare books reflects the personal libraries of such founders as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. In this symposium, the visiting Fellows will present their research and discuss how it relies on examining the treasures of the Spirit of America Collection.

2024 Speakers:

Katharine Beene, University of Connecticut

Women and Science in 17th- and 18th-Century Ireland

Dr. Elizabeth Hines, Johns Hopkins University 

Trading with the Enemy: The English, the Dutch, and Commerce in Time of War 

Courtney MacPhee, Stanford University

Apocalypse, Puritans, and Politics in the Empire of Oliver Cromwell

This event is free and open to the public.  All guests must follow FAU parking procedures.

This event is made possible by the generous underwriting of Dr. Howard and Judith Weiner in conjunction with the support of University Libraries and the History Department of the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

For questions about this program, please contact libevents@fau.edu