Nearly 200 Area High School Students to Attend 34th Annual Jefferson Lecture at William Paterson University on Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Kevin R.C. Gutzman, professor of history at Western Connecticut State University, will present the 34th Annual Abram Kartch/Thomas Jefferson Lecture at William Paterson University in Wayne on Wednesday, October 31, to nearly 200 students from area high schools.

Gutzman will discuss “Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary First Inaugural Address.” The program runs from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in Ballroom C, University Commons on campus. A limited number of seats for the free program will be available to the public.

Gutzman is The New York Times best-selling author of five books, including the new Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America, a History Book Club Selection. Two of his other books have been book club main selections, and two have been best-sellers. Gutzman is a professor and former chairman in the Department of History at Western Connecticut State University and a faculty member at LibertyClassroom.com.

Gutzman’s scholarly articles have appeared in The Journal of Southern History, The Journal of the Early Republic, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, The Review of Politics, and The Journal of the Historical Society, among other publications, and he has contributed to three edited collections. He holds a bachelor’s degree, a master of public affairs degree, and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an MA and a PhD in American history from the University of Virginia.

The Abram Kartch/Thomas Jefferson Lecture Series was established with an endowment from Abram Kartch, an attorney and Jefferson scholar. Each year, William Paterson University presents a lecture examining a particular aspect of the thought of this great American.

This year’s lecture is dedicated to the memory of Jan Ellen Lewis (1949-2018), a distinguished Jeffersonian scholar and enthusiastic supporter of this program. Lewis gave the keynote address at the 1994 and 2010 lectures.

For additional information about the event, contact Lucia McMahon, William Paterson University professor of history, at 973-720-3044 or mcmahonlu@wpunj.edu.

10/21/18