Hamilton v. Jefferson—The Fight That Shaped Our Nation (in-person)

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Join us for a day of history exploration, theatre, and music as we retrace the steps of Alexander Hamilton’s rise to power and his epic battles with Thomas Jefferson. We will begin with a tour, and then, lecture and conversation with two University of Virginia alumni. Our notable knowledge experts:

• Joanne Freeman of Yale University, Professor of History, specializing in the politics and political culture of the revolutionary and early national periods of American History, a leading Hamilton scholar and adviser on the hit Hamilton musical, and
• John Ragosta, Historian, Virginia Humanities Fellow, formerly Acting Director of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, and faculty leader for the UVA Summer Jefferson Symposium.

After this conversation, and a networking reception, we will gather for an evening performance of the acclaimed on Broadway production. This play has received 11 Tony Awards, Grammy, Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and other special citations.

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This UVA Lifetime Learning program is in partnership with the Virginia Club of New York and UVA Clubs Network.

Location Information: Museum of Broadway and Plan Your Visit (scroll down for map)
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John A. Ragosta, PhD, JD, Historian, Virginia Humanities Fellow, formerly Acting Director of the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, and faculty leader for the UVA Summer Jefferson SymposiumJohn Ragosta

John Ragosta is a fellow at Virginia Humanities and previously was the Acting Director of the Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. He is also the Faculty Director of the Summer Jefferson Symposium at the University of Virginia. He has taught law and history at the University of Virginia, George Washington University, and Hamilton, Oberlin, and Randolph Colleges. Dr. Ragosta’s most recent book – For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle – has received highly favorable reviews in the Wall Street Journal and New York Sun. He is also the author of Religious Freedom: Jefferson’s Legacy, America’s Creed (UVA Press, 2013) and several other works. Ragosta, an award-winning author and frequent commentator, holds both a PhD and a JD from UVA. Before returning to academia, Dr. Ragosta was an international trade partner at Dewey Ballantine LLP where he represented clients before the World Trade Organization, NAFTA, U.S. courts, and administrative agencies. He is also a beekeeper.

Joanne B. Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies, Yale University

Joanne B. Freeman, Class of 1954 Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, is a leading scholar of early American politics, political culture – and Alexander Hamilton. She is the author of the prize-winning Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic; editor of Alexander Hamilton: Writings and The Essential Hamilton; and co-editor (with Johann Neem) of Jeffersonian Republicans in Power, 1800-1824. Her most recent book, The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War – a New York Times Notable Book for 2018 and a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize -- explores the impact and legacies of physical violence, polarization, and the press in the U.S. Congress before the Civil War.

Long committed to public-minded history, Freeman has been a historical advisor for museums, documentary filmmakers, and a playwright; Lin-Manuel Miranda consulted her and used her work in writing Hamilton. Her online lecture course, The American Revolution has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. She currently hosts History Matters (...and so does coffee!), a weekly webcast that uses history to decode the present, sponsored by the National Council for History Education. (https://ncheteach.org/conversation-post/History-Matters-and-so-does-coffeeI)

A fellow of the Society of American Historians, Freeman was the President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic from 2021-22.

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Refund Policy

Lifetime Learning will refund 100% of participant registration costs if the University of Virginia deems this program cannot take place.
Should a participant wish to cancel, a 50% refund can be requested until April 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM EDT with written notice emailed to Lifetime Learning at [email protected].

No refunds will be issued after April 2, 2025, unless UVA requires this program to be canceled.

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