2025 Spirit of America Research Symposium

Date: Thursday, October 30, 2025
Time: 4 pm
Location: Wimberly Library, 5th Floor

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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.

2025 Speakers:

Charlotte Biggs, University of California, Riverside, University of Connecticut

Indigenous People’s Movement through “La Florida” and the Maritime World of Early America,

1720–1784

Collin Bonnell, Concordia University

The Other Irish America: Immigrant Imperialists in the Colonial South

Arya Martinez, University of New Hampshire

The Bank of North America and the Creation of Early American Financial Systems

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