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Some ICJS programs are offered in a hybrid format, with in-person and online attendance opportunities. We look forward to welcoming you to our programs! Virtual programs at the ICJS are free, unless specified otherwise. In-person programs, while also free unless specified otherwise, may require advanced registration. See individual event pages for details.

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Upcoming Programs

DAACS Conversations

Join DAACS staff and DAACS collaborating scholars for a diverse range of conversations on ground-breaking new archaeological research in the American South and Caribbean. Multiple dates.

Previous Programs and Recordings

The Plantation Revival

A fellow's forum with Philip Mills Herrington, Associate Professor of History at James Madison University from October 30, 2024.

 

Haitian Intellectual History in the Age of Revolutions

A conversation between Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African American Studies at Yale University and author of Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2023) and Laurent Dubois, John L. Nau III Bicentennial Professor in the History & Principles of Democracy and Academic Director of the Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia, from June 3, 2024. Recording available

Pursuing Happiness in the Revolutionary Atlantic

The 2024 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture with historian Sarah Pearsall, held at the University of Virginia's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library in Charlottesville on May 13, 2024.

This is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations

A conversation between Whitney Nell Stewart, historian and author of This is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations and Andrew Davenport, Director of African American History & The Getting Word African American Oral History Project at Monticello from April 25, 2024. Recording available. 

Revolutionary Women: A Symposium

Revolutionary Women: A Symposium was co-hosted by the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the University of Virginia Press on March 22, 2024.

The 2023 ICJS Book Events Series

More information on our 2023 book talk series featuring new books by leading scholars discussing a variety of topics on the history of the early American republic. 

American Academy of Diplomacy Annual Conference

Democracy in the Americas - the Monroe Doctrine and the Past and Present of US Policy in Latin America was co-hosted by the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and the University of Virginia Center for Politics on November 17, 2023. 

En Route to Revolution

A hybrid fellow's forum with Iris De Rode, U.S. Committee Member of "America 2026" from October 3, 2023.

The Second Annual Leonard J. Sadosky Memorial Lecture

The Second Annual Leonard J. Sadosky Memorial Lecture, "American Reformation" given by Dr. Alyssa Penick, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, University of Virginia, from September 29, 2023.

The Age of Atlantic Revolution: the Fall and Rise of a Connected World

A conversation between Patrick Griffin, Madden-Hennebry Family Professor of History; Thomas Moore and Judy Livingston Director, Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, the University of Notre Dame and and author of The Age of Atlantic Revolution: the Fall and Rise of a Connected World and Frank Cogliano, Professor of American History and Dean International (North America), University of Edinburgh from May 11, 2023. Recording available

On Becoming Dolley Madison

A virtual fellow’s forum with Holly Cowan Shulman, editor of The Dolley Madison Digital Edition from December 7, 2022. Recording available

What the Sub-Floor Pit Holds

A virtual fellow’s forum with Luke J. Pecoraro, PhD, Director of Archaeology, Drayton Hall Preservation Trust from November 29, 2022. Recording available

Intertwined

A talk with Jim Ambuske (of Mount Vernon) and Jeanette Patrick (from George Mason University), moderated by Monticello's Jenna Owens, discussing their widely acclaimed podcast Intertwined about the enslaved community at Mount Vernon from September 14, 2022.

Black Girl in Paris

A virtual fellows forum with AriDy Nox: writer, librettist, playwright, and Jacinth Greywoode: writer, composer, and musical director from August 25, 2022.

The American Revolution and the Ancient World

A virtual fellow’s forum with Jean-Baptiste Goyard, professeur agrégé (associate professor) in English at Versailles University and a PhD candidate in American history at Paris 8 University, France from August 4, 2022. Recording available

Thomas Jefferson: Anti-papist

A virtual fellow's forum with Evan Haefeli, Associate Professor of History at Texas A&M University from May 26, 2022. Recording available

Thomas Jefferson Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series

The 2022 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Lecture with historian Joanne Freeman, held at the University of Virginia's Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library in Charlottesville on May 10, 2022. Recording available

A Spark of Revolution

A virtual book talk with Martin Clagett, independent scholar and author of A Spark of Revolution: William Small, Thomas Jefferson, and James Watt: The Curious Connection Between the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. This talk was co-hosted by the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIISS) at the University of Aberdeen and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello on February 22, 2022.

Book Launch: The Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson

A conversation between Andrew O'Shaughnessy and volume contributors Andrew Wehrman, Endrina Tay, Diane Ehrenpreis, and Elizabeth Chew reflecting on Jefferson's influence on scientific inquiry during the Early Republic and held in honor of the publication of a special issue of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society - "The Spirit of Inquiry in the Age of Jefferson" (Vol. 110, No. 2, 2022) from January 25, 2022. Recording available.

The Last King of America

A book talk with bestselling author, Andrew Roberts from November 18, 2021. Recording available

American Academy of Diplomacy 2021 Annual Conference

News, Propaganda, and Diplomacy was co-hosted by the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and The University of Virginia Center for Politics on October 30, 2021. Recording available

The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind

A book launch with Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy, author and Saunders Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello from October 5, 2021. Recording available

Transatlantic Slavery Symposium

The Transatlantic Slavery Symposium was a joint venture between the Robert H. Smith Scholarship Centre at Benjamin Franklin House in London, the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at George Washington’s Mount Vernon, and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello held from August 9-13, 2021. Recording available. 

Fiske and Marie Kimball: Shaping Our Experience of Buildings and Objects

A virtual conference hosted by the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello on March 20, 2021. This program was made possible by the Fiske and Marie Kimball/Monticello Fund, generously provided by the Trustees of the Jane Tarleton Smith Moore estate. Recording available

The Education of John Adams

A digital book talk with R.B. Bernstein, Lecturer in Law and Politics at the City College of New York, on his newest book, The Education of John Adams from December 15, 2020. Recording available

New Frontiers in Early American History

A virtual talk with four emerging Early American History scholars - Alexi Garrett, Michael A. Blaakman, Derek O'Keary, and Krysten Blackstone - from November 19, 2020. This event was co-sponsored by the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Recording available

Humboldt and Jefferson: Transatlantic Exchange of Knowledge and Ideas

A virtual discussion between Dr. Andrew O’Shaughnessy and Dr. Sandra Rebok from November 11, 2020. This presentation was co-sponsored by the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany. Recording available

American Academy of Diplomacy 2020 Annual Conference

Does Europe Still Matter to America? was co-hosted by the American Academy of Diplomacy, the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies, and the University of Virginia Center for Politics on October 24, 2020.

Washington and Jefferson: It's Complicated

A virtual discussion with Professor Frank Cogliano of the University of Edinburgh, co-hosted by Mount Vernon's Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello from August 27, 2020. Recording available

Overseers in Early America

A virtual book talk with Dr. Laura Sandy of the University of Liverpool on her new book, The Overseers of Early American Slavery: Supervisors, Enslaved Labourers, and the Plantation Enterprise from July 28, 2020. This presentation was co-sponsored by Mount Vernon's Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Recording available

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