New Netherland: A Charles Gehring and Jaap Jacobs Event
April 11th, at 2 pm
The Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029
Charles Gehring, Ph.D., Director of the New Netherland Project in Albany, who has spent 30 years translating 17th-century documents to uncover the Dutch origins of New York will join Jaap Jacobs, Ph.D., co-curator of Amsterdam / New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson, and one of the scholars who has built on Gehring’s work to rewrite the history of New Netherland will hold a conversation “about myths, memories, and discoveries of New York’s origins, what made New Netherland unique, and why knowledge of these origins is important for New York and New Yorkers today.”
New Netherland: Dr Charles Gehring and Dr Jaap Jacobs Event (Video)
Dr Charles Gehring and Dr Jaap Jacobs: A Conversation (Video)
Recording of this discussion was provided by the New Amsterdam History Center. All rights reserved. 2009. Many thanks to Dr. Charles Gehring, Dr. Jaap Jacobs, and the Museum of the City of New York.