History in Focus 2025: “Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York.” By Dr. Tyler Anbinder

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May 29 , 12:00 pm to May 29 , 1:00 pm

Virtual / Zoom

Free

For the second session of History in Focus, we are welcoming Dr. Tyler Anbinder, a Professor of History at George Washington University with a specialization in nineteenth-century America and the history of immigration and ethnicity in American life.

Dr. Anbinder will discuss his new book, “Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York,” and how it upends what we thought we knew about the Famine Irish in New York and beyond.

This program is supported, in part, by, the Honorable Carmen De La Rosa, New York City Council, District 10.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

12-1pm

Virtual via Zoom.

Registration required. Link in the bio!

FREE!

Organization Details:
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum https://dyckmanfarmhouse.org/Natalia Mercedes Rodriguez212-304-9422[email protected]

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