A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Sat., June 05, 2004 to Sun., June 06, 2004 Category : Butcher History Institute
Why did Britain, rather than Spain or France, come to dominate North America? With what spirits did Britons embark on colonization, and how did those sentiments lead to the “Spirit of ’76”? How did colonists define liberty and how did they reconcile those competing definitions in the process of becoming a nation? Where did the Bill of Rights come from, especially the unprecedented embrace of freedom of conscience? Did the Founders mean to expel religion from the public square or empower religion by removing it from mere politics?
In conjunction with the publication of Walter McDougall’s new book Freedom Just Around the Corner, 1585-1828: A Candid History of the United States, Vol. 1, the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education is pleased to announce its 2004 History Institute for Teachers on “New Perspectives on the Genesis of the USA.”
New Perspectives on the Genesis of the United States of America Conference Summary by Trudy Kuehner
Co-Chair
Co-Chair
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations and History, University of Pennsylvania
Related Article(s):
The Colonial Origins of American Identity
Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
Hall Distinguished Prof. of British History, University of Kansas
Alva O. Way University Professor, Brown University
Emeritus Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
Related Article(s):
America’s Foundations, Foundationalisms, and Fundamentalisms
Grace Ferguson Kea Professor of History, Eastern University
Moderator
Senior Fellow - Wachman Center for Civic and International Literacy
Neshaminy High School
Related Article(s):
Venue
Gregg Conference Center
What Participants Receive:
Social studies and history teachers, curriculum supervisors and junior college faculty are invited to apply for participation in the History Institute. Forty participants will be selected to receive: