Critical Conservation Lecture: R. Scott Hanson, City of Gods: Religious Freedom, Immigration and Pluralism in Flushing, Queens

Critical Conservation Colloquia 2017

Known locally as the birthplace of American religious freedom, Flushing, Queens, in New York City is now so diverse and densely populated that it has become a microcosm of world religions. The lecture will explain the history of Flushing from the colonial period to the aftermath of September 11, 2001, spanning the origins of Vlissingen and early struggles between Quakers, Dutch authorities, Anglicans, African Americans, Catholics, and Jews to the consolidation of New York City in1898, two World’s Fairs and postwar commemorations of Flushing’s heritage, and, finally, the Immigration Act of 1965 and the arrival of Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, Buddhists, and Asian and Latino Christians.

 

Speaker:
R. Scott Hanson Ph.D.
Lecturer, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Social Justice Research Academy, University of Pennsylvania
Project Affiliate, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University

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