Friday, May 16, noon-1pm EDT: Webinar. You’re invited to the new webinar series, organized by ASECS President Paola Bertucci and Executive Board Members Brian Cowan and Meghan Roberts, highlighting the importance of the 18th century today! Registration required: Webinar 18th Century Today
“Citizenship, Political Dissent, and Presidential Power in the Early Republic.”
Speakers:
- Katlyn Carter (Notre Dame University), “Factions, Foreigners, and Falsehoods: Political Anxieties and Presidential Power in the Early Republic”
- James Lewis (Kalamazoo College), “The First Three Presidents: Executive Power and Dissent in the Administrations of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson”
- Andrew Shankman (Rutgers University), “‘As His Own Personal Concern’: Thomas Jefferson, American Citizens, and ‘the Strongest Government on Earth’”