Dr. Alan Taylor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, holds the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner in American History, Taylor will speak to his newest publication, Thomas Jefferson’s Education:  A social and political history of education in Virginia with an emphasis on Jefferson’s experiences as a student, and his role in creating republican post-war alternative, the University of Virginia.  The book highlights the revolution’s separation of church and state in fundamentally altering political culture and educational expectations in Virginia.

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