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Join guest speaker Michael Crowder, Public Historian-Institute for Thomas Paine Studies Iona College as he explores the historical memories of the American “founding generation”. The discussion focuses on how these perceptions are used and re-purposed in today’s very contentious arena of modern American politics from Trump to Bernie Sanders and in between.
Michael Crowder earned a Ph.D. in the History Department at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His project, “Human Capital: The Moral and Political Economy of Northeastern Abolitionism, 1763-1833,” examines the relationships between the rapid growth of abolitionism and capitalism in the Era of the American Revolution. He is currently writing a new biography of a somewhat “forgotten founder,” Thomas Paine.
Michael Crowder earned a Ph.D. in the History Department at the Graduate Center, City University of New York. His project, “Human Capital: The Moral and Political Economy of Northeastern Abolitionism, 1763-1833,” examines the relationships between the rapid growth of abolitionism and capitalism in the Era of the American Revolution. He is currently writing a new biography of a somewhat “forgotten founder,” Thomas Paine.