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2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., Lecture: "Jefferson in Perspective" By Daniel P. Jordan
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On May 21, 2009, Daniel P. Jordan delivered the 2009 Stuart G. Christian, Jr., lecture entitled “Jefferson in Perspective.”
Daniel P. Jordan retired...
2023 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture - The Jeffersonians
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On July 19, 2023, historian and bestselling author, Kevin R. C. Gutzman, presented the 2023 Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture. Before the consecutive...
A Better Life for Their Children
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A Century of Foreign Wars
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A Connected Legacy: John Marshall and George Washington
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A House Built of Virginia Stone
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A Nation of Deadbeats: An Uncommon History of America's Financial Disasters
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On November 8, 2012, Scott Reynolds Nelson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled "A Nation of Deadbeats: An Uncommon History of America's Financial...
A New Era in Building: Black Educational Activism in Goochland County, 1911–1932
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Join historians Brian Daugherity and Alyce Miller for a lecture about Black educational activism in Goochland County in the early twentieth century.
...A Post-WWII Mother's Day Card
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Activism from Home 101 (Commonwealth Classroom)
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Interested in addressing a problem, making something better, or helping others in your community? Whether you are a veteran activist or a novice eager...
Advice and Etiquette Books
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Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
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In this lecture on May 24, 2022, historian Alex Kershaw spoke about his book, Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World...
Agents of Change
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All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s
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On March 29, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the...
Almost Dead: Slavery and Social Rebirth in the Black Urban Atlantic
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On August 17, 2023, historian Dr. Michael Lawrence Dickinson discussed his book on the Atlantic slave trade and how the thousands of captives who...
American Abortion Rights and Judicial Review
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America by David O. Stewart
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On March 15, 2012, David O. Stewart delivered a lecture entitled “American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America.”
A canny and...
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race (Christian Lecture 2019)
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On April 17, 2019, Douglas Brinkley delivered the 2019 Stuart G. Christian, Jr. Lecture, "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race...
American Visions: The United States, 1800–1860
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On November 8, 2023, award-winning author Edward Ayers delivered a lecture about his book, American Visions: The United States, 1800–1860.
The early...
Apollo to the Moon: A History in Objects
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On July 20, 2023, historian and curator Teasel Muir-Harmony gave a lecture on the Apollo program, told through key objects of the Space Age. Project...