*In Person* EX LIBRIS: A Conversation with Gordon Wood

The Providence Athenaeum enriches the mind, inspires the spirit, and elevates public discourse.As an independent, member-supported library and cultural center located on Providence’s historic Benefit Street, the library has welcomed illustrious writers, spirited thinkers, and intellectual community members through its doorsover its nearly 200 years of existenceto engage in reading, conversation, and debate.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon Wood joins Matt Burriesci to discuss the American Revolution, its radicalism, and its legacy.

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<h4>The EX LIBRIS program series from the Providence Athenæum features an array of humanities scholars, authors, historians, and thought leaders, illuminating fascinating topics and inspiring the intellectually curious. EX LIBRIS programs take place at the Athenæum in front of a live studio audience and are simulcast via Zoom, as well as recorded.</h4><h4>This is the IN-PERSON event. In-person $5 tickets are exclusively available to members. They include access to a pre-program reception from 5-5:30 and a post-program book sale, if applicable. To register for the virtual simulcast, please click <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-ex-libris-a-conversation-with-gordon-wood-tickets-1978650519969?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-ex-libris-a-conversation-with-gordon-wood-tickets-1978650519969?aff=oddtdtcreator">here</a>.</h4> On July 4, 1776, representatives of the United States of America assembled in Congress to formally notify King George III of their intent to separate from British rule. Their Declaration of Independence enshrined many of the political principles that would inform a new nation unlike any other that had ever existed. As we approach the 250th anniversary of this document, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and National Humanities Medal recipient Gordon Wood joins Providence Athenæum Executive Director Matt Burriesci for a conversation about the American Revolution, its radicalism, and its legacy.Book sale and signing-Gordon S. Wood is Professor Emeritus at Brown University. He is the author of many works, including The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969), which won the Bancroft Prize, and The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992), which won the Pulitzer Prize for History. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (2004) was awarded the Julia Ward Howe Prize. Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (2009) won several prizes. In 2011 he was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Obama. His most recent book is Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution (2021).

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Please note that we are piloting new waitlist procedures this season. If we receive cancellations, available tickets will be offered to waitlisted members in the order they registered for the waitlist. Two days prior to the event, any remaining tickets will be offered by email to all waitlisted members on a first-come, first-served basis.

Agenda

Join us for light refreshments before the program begins.

Pre-program reception

Speaker presentation followed by Q&A

Book sale and signing

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