Academics from the United States and Australia joined to discuss issues of race, religion, democracy, law, philosophy.  This unique symposium addressed the basic question: What is the Jefferson legacy and why does it matter today? 

Academics from the United States:

  • Professor Jack Greene, Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University
  • Professor Andrew O'Shaughnessy, Saunders Director of International Center or Jefferson Studies and University of Virginia
  • Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, Columbia University
  • Dr. Lucinda Stanton, International Center for Jefferson Studies, Monticello

 Academics from Australia:

  • Professor Shane White, The University of Sydney
  • Professor Rhys Isaac, The University of Sydney
  • Professor Cassandra Pybus, The University of Sydney
  • Professor Richard Waterhouse, The University of Sydney
  • Professor Duncan Ivison, The University of Sydney
  • Dr. Michael McDonnell, The University of Sydney
  • Associate Professor Brendan O'Connor, The University of Sydney
  • Associate Professor Lyn Carson, The University of Sydney
  • Professor David Goodman, Melbourne University
  • Professor Marilyn Lake , Latrobe University 

This symposium was sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (USA), the School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry and the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.