Courses – Spring 2025 / History and Philosophy / HISTORY OF NEW YORK CITY
Coordinators: Ilene Winkler, Susannah Falk-Lewis, Penelope Pi-Sunyer, Michael
Wellner
This semester, the history of New York City that you didn’t learn in school, will focus on the beginning of the 19th century through the Civil War.
We will continue investigating our city’s financial entanglements with slavery alongside a growing abolitionist movement. We will also discuss topics as varied as the opening of the Erie Canal, the beginning of public schools, the Irish immigration, and why New York City was once called The Big Oyster.
A WEEK / TUESDAY / 1:00 – 2:30 PM / HYBRID / AUDITORIUM / RECORDED
| History of New York City | ||
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Feb 04 | Sandra Abramson | Alexander Hamilton |
| Feb 18 | Michael Wellner | The Erie Canal |
| Mar 04 | Ilene Winkler | The Big Oyste |
| Mar 18 | Larry Shapiro | Rise of the Public Schools |
| Apr 01 | Penelope Pi-Sunyer | The Hudson Valley |
| Apr 22 | Mary Ann Donnelly, Toni Dickenson | Irish and German immigration |
| Man 06 | Susannah Falk-Lewis | Abolitionism and Slavery |
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