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History in the Making – Americans(?) in Paris: Thomas Paine, Gouverneur Morris, and the Adventures of Nationalized Universalism (Dr. Noah Shusterman, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
History in the Making – Americans(?) in Paris: Thomas Paine, Gouverneur Morris, and the Adventures of Nationalized Universalism (Dr. Noah Shusterman, Associate Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong)
This talk will examine Thomas Paine’s imprisonment during the French Revolution, and the refusal of the United States Ambassador to France, Gouverneur Morris, to intervene on his behalf. The episode provides a chance to examine the French Revolution – and the Atlantic Revolutions more generally – from both an abstract perspective and a very personal […]