Anthony Di Lorenzo
Assistant Professor
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Savannah State University
Netherlands
Biography
Dr. Di Lorenzo was born and raised in Chicago, working in politics and secondary education before pursuing a Ph.D. in American history. He has held fellowships at Brown University, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; the Gilder-Lehrman Institute, and the International Center for Jefferson Studies. His current book project recovers and analyzes the most radical voices in the early abolitionist movement, tracing the ideological divisions that arose during the Age of Revolution. He has published work in the journals La Révolution française, Eighteenth-Century Thought, and Common-Place, among others.
Research Interest
American Political Thought; Slavery and Abolition; American Revolution; French Revolution; Atlantic History; Radicalism; Long Civil Rights' Movement; Blues
