Lafayette National Symposium at Fairfield University is Sept. 7
The Lafayette National Symposium
Barone Campus Center, Dogwood Room • Loyola Drive, Fairfield, CT 06824
September 7, 2024
Lafayette National Symposium
Fairfield University and the American Friends of Lafayette proudly present The Lafayette National Symposium, “Lafayette and the Enduring Struggle for Human Rights and Democratic Governments,” scheduled for Saturday,
September 7, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the Barone Campus Center, Dogwood Room. This event will also be livestreamed.
This daylong symposium commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette’s historic farewell tour of America in 1824, highlighting his profound impact on human rights and democratic ideals. Invited by President James Monroe, Lafayette traveled across the nation he had helped establish, visiting all 24 states. He received a hero’s welcome and was celebrated as a surviving veteran of the Revolutionary War.
The Lafayette National Symposium is a part of hundreds of events planned in conjunction with The American Friends of Lafayette’s upcoming thirteen-month bicentennial celebration of Major General Lafayette’s triumphant return tour to America. Kicking off in August, events planned will trace Lafayette’s footsteps on the exact dates and in the order he followed his tour of America as the “Guest of the Nation.”
Among the Fairfield University symposium’s distinguished lineup of experts will be New York Times bestselling author and podcaster Mike Duncan, recognized for his influential history podcast “Revolutions.” Duncan will join Lafayette scholars to examine the Frenchman’s impact across Europe and the Americas: Lloyd Kramer, PhD, history professor emeritus at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Robert Rhodes Crout, PhD, affiliate
professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Charleston; Paul S. Spalding,
PhD, religion professor emeritus, Illinois College; Alan Hoffman, JD, president of the American Friends of Lafayette; John Stauffer, PhD, professor of American Studies and African American Studies, Harvard; and Diane Shaw, director emerita of Special Collections & College Archives at Lafayette College.
Historian and reenactor Mark Schneider will be performing a live improvisation along with student cast members from the University’s Theatre Fairfield program. Held in partnership with Fairfield University’s Office of the President, Art and Minds Initiative, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History, Department of Politics, and American Studies program — The Lafayette National Symposium will feature engaging discussions.
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