Dell and Audrey Thompson Distinguished Lecture in American Revolution Studies

The McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution is pleased to host an annual lecture by a distinguished historian of the American Revolution. The lecture event is an opportunity for our students, alumni, and the greater community of history professionals and history enthusiasts in the Capital Region to engage a prominent historian of early American history.

 2013

Rosemarie Zagarri, Ph.D.

Professor of History, George Mason University

"Founding Mothers: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic"

2012

Woody Holton, Ph.D.

Professor of History and American Studies, University of Richmond

"Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution"
 

2011
Sheila Skemp, Ph.D.,
Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of American History, University of Missisippi
"A World We Have Lost: Benjamin Franklin and the American Dream."
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2010
John E. Ferling, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of history, University of West Georgia, winner of the Fraunces Tavern Book Award
"George Washington and John Adams: A Look at Two Very Different Founders."
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