Join The American Friends of Lafayette for a day-long symposium sponsored by Fairfield University at the Fairfield University Campus on Saturday, September 7, 2024. 

The day will begin at 9:30 am with a visit from Lafayette himself! The panel discussions start
at 10:00 am.

For in-person participation, see the link below to register. (Please join us in person if you can!)
The symposium will be held in Fairfield University’s Barone Campus Center, Dogwood Room.

This event will also be live-streamed; just click on this link that morning/afternoon to
participate remotely: https://quickcenter.fairfield.edu/thequicklive/

Morning session 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Lafayette: Historiography and Biography, and Lessons for Today

Moderator:
Dr. Lloyd Kramer, History Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill. Author of Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an
Age of Revolutions.

Panelists:
Dr. Robert Rhodes Crout, Affiliate Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,
College of Charleston and former Co-Editor of The Lafayette Papers Project, Cornell
University. President Emeritus of the American Friends of Lafayette.

Dr. Paul S. Spalding, Religion Professor Emeritus at Illinois College. Author
of Lafayette: Prisoner of State.

Mike Duncan, podcaster and best-selling author of Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de
Lafayette in the Age of Revolution.

Lunch 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm (available for purchase for onsite attendees)

Afternoon session 1:45 pm – 4:45 pm

Lafayette and Human Rights

Moderator:
Alan Hoffman, President of the American Friends of Lafayette. Translator of Auguste
Levasseur’s Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825: Journal of a Voyage to the United
States

Panelists:
Dr. John Stauffer, Professor of American Studies and African American Studies at
Harvard University. Author of Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and
Abraham Lincoln.

Dr. Lloyd Kramer, History Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill. Author of Lafayette in Two Worlds: Public Cultures and Personal Identities in an
Age of Revolutions.

Diane Shaw, Director Emerita of Special Collections & College Archives at Lafayette
College, which has extensive holdings on the Marquis de Lafayette. Co-editor and
contributing author of “A True Friend of the Cause”: Lafayette and the Antislavery
Movement.

Registration: https://quickcenter.fairfield.edu/2024-25-season-calendar/lectures/lafayette-symposium.html

Questions? Contact the Quick Center for the Arts Box Office at 203-254-4010, or visit
Quickcenter.com. This event is part of the Open VISIONS Forum at Fairfield University, which
provides a platform for critical discussions on contemporary issues, drawing insights from
history, culture, and the arts to foster understanding and engagement within the community.

Credit:
Presented with the support of the Office of the President and the Dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences, Fairfield University.