“Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination”: Town & Gown Dinner Lecture with Professors Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf

Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination
with Professors Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf

On April 4, 2016, Professors Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University) and Peter S. Onuf (UVA, emeritus) launched the national book tour for their co-authored ‘Most Blessed of the Patriarchs’: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination in Columbia with a dinner lecture sponsored by the Kinder Institute. A full recap of their talk, along with news about a public forum on Jefferson’s legacy in contemporary society held earlier in the day, can be found here.