Does Europe Still Matter to America?
October 24, 2020, a virtual conference co-hosted by the American Academy of Diplomacy and the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies
Founded in 1994 by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.—the private, nonprofit organization that has owned and operated Monticello since 1923—the ICJS has created a network of scholars, teachers, and students who engage a global audience in a dialogue with Jefferson’s ideas. Through a fellowship program, international scholarly conferences, panel discussions, teacher workshops, lectures, and curriculum-based tours, the ICJS establishes relationships with people from around the world. As a safety measure during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICJS has put online their regular programs usually offered in-person.
Using the links below you'll find both our upcoming and previous online programs. Virtual programs at the ICJS are free, unless specified otherwise. For more information regarding ICJS programs, please contact Whitney Pippin (Scholarly Programs Coordinator) at wpippin@monticello.org.
Upcoming Programs
Be sure to check back frequently for more programs!
Previous Programs
The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
Join the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello for a digital book talk with Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Ph.D., October 8, 2020 at 4 p.m. ET
Washington and Jefferson: It's Complicated
A 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, August 27, 2020
Virtual Fellow's Forum: Black Musicians in Jefferson's Virginia
David McCormick (Artistic Director of Early Music Access Project) and Loren Ludwig (scholar/performer), August 13, 2020
Virtual Fellow's Forum: Jefferson's Parliamentary Manual
Brian Alexander, PhD., Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University, August 6, 2020
Virtual Book Talk with Laura Sandy on Overseers in Early America
Join 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 for a digital 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, July 28, 2020