Symposium
Symposium on the Legacy of Thomas Paine at the Thomas Paine Memorial Building. Open to the public.
10 am Session I
Lyne Hervey-Passèe, PhD candidate, Université de Limoges & Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis: The Writing Actions of Thomas Paine: using the theory of geocriticism to highlight the significance of spaces and places in preparation of a documentary.
Paulie Wenger, writer: A Pretender to Literature: The Rise and Fall of a New Jersey Infidel. The story of Tamar Davis, an unknown female freethinker who was left out of the list of notable literary freethinkers of the 19th century.
11:30 am Session II
Joy Masoff, PhD candidate, Arizona State University: The Unrevealed Journey of Marguerite Brazier de Bonneville: Paris, Paine, and the Patriarchy, 1789-1846.
Greg McMurray, writer and historian: Why Isn’t Thomas Paine Cool? This talk explores the ways in which Paine has struggled to achieve the kind of folk-hero status enjoyed by some of his lesser contemporaries, and how our culture would be affected if he was able to break through.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation: To Do Good Is My Religion - Thomas Paine's Importance to Freethought.
1:15 pm Session III
Noel Cazenave, Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut, presented by co-author Gary Berton: A Tale of Two Toms: Thomas Jefferson’s and Thomas Paine’s Radically Different Visions of America
Collected Works Discussion: The Editorial Board of the Collected Works Project will present an overview of initial findings and their impact not only on the historiography of Thomas Paine, but world history as well. Many of the basic assumptions of Paine’s life and works have been erroneous, and these discussions will bring out important aspects of the findings.
10 am Session I
Lyne Hervey-Passèe, PhD candidate, Université de Limoges & Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis: The Writing Actions of Thomas Paine: using the theory of geocriticism to highlight the significance of spaces and places in preparation of a documentary.
Paulie Wenger, writer: A Pretender to Literature: The Rise and Fall of a New Jersey Infidel. The story of Tamar Davis, an unknown female freethinker who was left out of the list of notable literary freethinkers of the 19th century.
11:30 am Session II
Joy Masoff, PhD candidate, Arizona State University: The Unrevealed Journey of Marguerite Brazier de Bonneville: Paris, Paine, and the Patriarchy, 1789-1846.
Greg McMurray, writer and historian: Why Isn’t Thomas Paine Cool? This talk explores the ways in which Paine has struggled to achieve the kind of folk-hero status enjoyed by some of his lesser contemporaries, and how our culture would be affected if he was able to break through.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-founder and co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation: To Do Good Is My Religion - Thomas Paine's Importance to Freethought.
1:15 pm Session III
Noel Cazenave, Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut, presented by co-author Gary Berton: A Tale of Two Toms: Thomas Jefferson’s and Thomas Paine’s Radically Different Visions of America
Collected Works Discussion: The Editorial Board of the Collected Works Project will present an overview of initial findings and their impact not only on the historiography of Thomas Paine, but world history as well. Many of the basic assumptions of Paine’s life and works have been erroneous, and these discussions will bring out important aspects of the findings.
- Marc Belissa, University of Paris Nanterre
- Yannick Bosc, University of Rouen
- Gary Berton, President, TPNHA – Research Director
- Gregory Claeys, retired, University of London, Royal Holloway – Editor-in-Chief
- Scott Cleary, Iona College – Secretary
- Carine Lounissi, University of Rouen, University of Paris – Assistant Editor
Official Collected Works of Thomas Paine Project
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The Thomas Paine National Historical Association sponsors the Official Collected Works of Thomas Paine Project. The international Editorial Board will lead a comprehensive, accurate accounting of 50 years of Paine’s writings, including extensive previously unpublished works and letters held in private hands. Members of the Editorial Board are:
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“Immediate necessity makes many things convenient, which if continued would grow into oppressions. Expedience and right are different things.”
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense
- Thomas Paine, Common Sense