Alan Taylor | Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge

Name: Alan Taylor | Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge
Start: 2024-10-26T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall

Schedule

Sat Oct 26 2024 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall | Williamsburg, VA

Alan Taylor’s plenary is generously sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter at William & Mary.
Saturday, October 26, 2024, the For 2026 conference will end with a keynote plenary address by renowned historian and author Alan Taylor, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair at the University of Virginia.
The plenary will start at 5:00 PM and will be held at the Glenn Close Theatre at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on the campus of W&M. The event is free and open to the public.
Taylor's address "Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge" will discuss the proximate causes of the locus of Nat Turner's attempted 1831 revolution in Southampton Co., VA.
Taylor is an award-winning author, notably including twice winning the Pulitzer Prize for History; first in 1996 and again in 2014, making him one of only five people to have won that award twice.
Seating is first come, first served and all are welcome!