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[PAST EVENT] Alan Taylor | Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge

October 26, 2024
5pm - 6:30pm
Location
Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Memorial Hall, Glenn Close Theatre
601 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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  • Open to the public
Image of author and historian Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor's plenary is generously sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter at William & Mary.

Saturday, October 26, 2024, the For 2026 conference will end with a keynote plenary address by renowned historian and author Alan Taylor, Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair at the University of Virginia.

The plenary will start at 5:00 PM and will be held at the Glenn Close Theatre at Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Hall on the campus of W&M. The event is free and open to the public. 

Taylor's address "Tower Hill: A Plantation on the Edge" will discuss the proximate causes of the locus of Nat Turner's attempted 1831 revolution in Southampton Co., VA. 

Taylor is an award-winning author, notably including twice winning the Pulitzer Prize for History; first in 1996 and again in 2014, making him one of only five people to have won that award twice. 

Can't make it? Stream it live here: https://www.youtube.com/live/5PDRGPMLPbo

Sponsored by: W&M Strategic Cultural Partnerships

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