Please join the Library of Virginia on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at noon when
Karen Ordahl Kupperman, professor of history at New York University, will
discuss her new book _The Jamestown Project_. In this work, she places the
Jamestown settlement into its proper context as one among many early
English ventures. She makes a compelling case that early Virginia, despite its
false starts and appalling mortality, taught the English what successful
colonization required. _The Jamestown Project_ is a breathtaking study of the
colony that would become a template for all subsequent English colonies,
including Plymouth. A book signing follows the talk.
Also, please note, on Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:30 pm the John
d'Entremont will present a special program titled _“May We Be Worthy of Our
Birthright”: Defining the Meaning of America at the Jamestown
Commemorations, 1807–2007_. d'Entremont, the Theodore H. Jack Professor
of History at Randolph Macon Woman’s College, will explore the effort to define
America at the Jamestown commemorations of 1807, 1857, 1907, 1957, and
2007. Because America has always been a set of hopes as well as a spot on a
map, and because the founding of the United States was accompanied by a
document proclaiming principles as the nation's reason for being, every
generation of Americans has been consumed with interpreting those principles
and arguing over their application. Americans, by definition, care—and often
disagree—about what it means and what it requires to be American. Civic
commemorations are one venue at which that concern becomes vivid.
The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown
Richmond; free parking is available under the building.
Best,
Katie Gillespie
Education Coordinator
More upcoming events:
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at noon: _The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two
Continents, and One Enduring Friendship_
Thursday, June 28, 2007, at noon: _Sexuality, Politics, and Social Control in
Virginia, 1920–1945_
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