The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies)

The #ITPS has been a quiet on social media for a while as we focus our efforts on our newsletter, Page of Reason, and other projects. Please keep in touch with us through: itps.substack.com

Hello X/Twitter! We’ve been concentrating our digital energy on our monthly #ITPS newsletter and not spending as much time here. But please keep up with us via itps.substack.com.

At Iona, the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (@TheITPS) offers scholarships, research opportunities, and internships across diverse fields, from public history to digital humanities. Hear from Dr. Nora Slonimsky and learn more about ITPS: bit.ly/3UqtbhO

Have you registered to #vote in #NewYork yet? With help from the @LWV @LWVWestchester the #ITPS is co-organizing a registration drive with the History and Education departments @ionauniversity, TODAY, from 12pm to 2pm on the Spellman Hall steps. See you there! #Election2024

many thanks to @NoraSlonimsky @markdboonie @benjamingwright for organizing a wonderful @TheITPS conference!

Thanks to @TheITPS for a wonderful digital pedagogies conference at @ionauniversity this weekend! I'm astounded at the number of incredible #DH projects scholars are creating that breathe new life into old historical documents & arguments: theitps.org/cfp-teaching-a…

Wrapping up a wonderful @TheITPS conference with Prof Adam Rosado and the jazz ensemble performing modern arrangements of 18th century tunes, coming from our @MountVernon @GWBooks collab with @ionauniversity — one of my absolute favorite projects I get to work on

early-American-ish music 🎶 @TheITPS

@JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices @TheITPS @lizcovart @CulturedModesty “we all sound like 16th century printers” - @NoraSlonimsky 🔥 @TheITPS

@JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices @TheITPS @lizcovart @CulturedModesty REALLY RELEVANT CONVERSATION developing around “what do we do about the internet” when everyone in this room came of academic age on twitter & academic blogs in the 2010s @foreign_advices @TheITPS

@JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices @TheITPS @lizcovart @CulturedModesty “there’s no such thing as ‘the public.’ if there ever was a monoculture, it’s dead… even Taylor Swift can’t reach everyone” - @foreign_advices 🔥🔥 @TheITPS

@JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices @TheITPS “ @lizcovart is the guru of academic podcasting. she won’t say it, but I’ll say it for her” - @CulturedModesty re: Ben Franklin’s World @TheITPS (it’s true!!!! Ben Franklin’s World has been ahead of its time. ie several years ago I listened to it while studying for comps)

@JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices @TheITPS “digital is a space where we can make uncertainty visible” - @foreign_advices @TheITPS

tbh this panel by @JamesPAmbuske @foreign_advices et al has been SO GOOD @TheITPS

yayyy @JumpinPunkin is joining us 🥳 @TheITPS

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Over the next few days, the #ITPS is hosting two open-to-all events, virtually and @ionauniversity. First, is the Lapidus Lecture in #Paine Studies, and second is the "Teaching American and Digital" revolutions conference with @CornellPress. Details⬇️ and athttps://theitps.org/

#OnThisDay in 1787, 39 of the 55 Constitutional Convention delegates sign their names to the U.S. Constitution. As president of the Convention, George Washington was first to sign the document. #ConstitutionDay ow.ly/QWk650Tlt8k

On September 27-28, @TheITPS will host a conference at @ionauniversity examining the topic, "Teaching American and Digital Revolutions." In particular, the conference marks the publication of @NoraSlonimsky, @markdboonie, and Ben Wright's American Revolutions in the Digital Age. iona.edu/about-iona-uni…