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Hamilton in New York: A Revolutionary History with Ben Rubin
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"He is dynamic, interested, engaging."
"Map and picture selection excellent. Enthusiasm high. Sequence of events and connections with play clearly stated."
"A great speaker, and clearly knowledgeable."
Ben Rubin is a public historian specializing in the American Revolution and Early America. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, he holds a Bachelor's Degree in History and Political Science from Hanover College, a Master's in American History from Western Carolina University, and is a Ph.D. candidate in History and Culture at Drew University, as well a graduate of the School of Criticism and Theory at Cornell University. Ben taught history and writing at Bloomfield College for five years before leaving academia to start his own music education business, JC Instrumental. He continues to work in public history with Context Travel, leading both in-person walking tours and virtual conversations on early American history, and at Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution, where he has been a fellow since 2007. His work has been published in both academic and public history journals, and you can hear him most recently as a featured guest on the History Happy Hour podcast. He currently lives in Jersey City, New Jersey with his wife Dana, daughter Sylvie, and dog Oslo, and spends his free time playing music, rock climbing, playing board games, and following Cincinnati Reds baseball.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
I'd like to go on that "walk with Ben Ruben. He gave me a feeling of what NY was like - its smallness in comparison to today.His illustrations and maps were fantastic!
Loved it! Ben is a great presenter.
Good program
This was my second Zoom with Context. The first one was marginal but I liked the concept and wanted to try again. Ben Rubin was excellent at his job. His clearly knew the subject matter and gave a thorough and well prepared presentation. He made it extremely interesting and I walked away so much more knowledgeable. I hope every presenter is of his caliber.
we took Ben's series on the Am. Revolution and were intrigued by the story he hinted at for Hamiltong.
So we're squaring the circle, so to speak.
Seems a good number of your Conversations complement one another.