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Dyckman Farmhouse: History in Focus 2025 – “Diversity and it’s Limits: Attitudes Towards Immigration in New York”

Dyckman Farmhouse Museum presents History In Focus 2025:

A Virtual Lecture Series on
Immigrant History in Upper Manhattan

“Diversity and it’s Limits: Attitudes Towards Immigration in New York” with Dr. Philip Kasinitz

June 18th, 2025
12pm on Zoom

FREE!
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New York’s history has long been the history of migrants and newcomers. Since the days of Dutch New Amsterdam, waves of migrants—some voluntary, some not—have continually remade the city. Historically, immigrants have accounted for almost all of the City’s population growth as well as its emergence as a center of economic activity and cultural innovation.

Despite its long history of ethnic and racial conflict, New Yorkers have generally been more favorably disposed towards immigration—if not necessarily towards all groups of immigrants– than most Americans. However, last year’s influx of refugees, many of whom were bused to New York, has presented the city with new challenges. The mayor described this influx as “unprecedented” and feared that it could “destroy the city”. More recently the policies of the Trump administration have framed migration as a “crisis” and local and federal policies have increasingly come into conflict.

For the FINAL presentation of History in Focus 2025, Dr. Philip Kasinitz will explore some of the history of how New York has received immigrants and discuss what is and is not new about the present situation. Dr. Kasinitz will also present the surprising findings of a new survey on attitudes towards migrants among today’s New Yorkers.

Philip Kasinitz is Presidential Professor of Sociology and director of the Advanced Research Collaborative at the City University of New York Graduate Center, where he founded the Master’s program in International Migration Studies. His co-authored book Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of Age received the American Sociological Association Distinguished Book Award and the Eastern Sociological Society’s Mira Komarovsky Book award. Other recent works include Growing Up Muslim in Europe and the United Sates and Global Cities, Local Streets. Former President of the Eastern Sociological Society, he serves on The Russell Sage Foundation’s committee on Race, Ethnicity and Immigration and the Historical Advisory Committee of the Ellis Island Museum.

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

Morris-Jumel Virtual Parlor Chat: Connect260: Building a New Nation (June)

By 1776, the former Morris country home had been turned into a Wartime Headquarters for none other than George Washington. When he and his troops arrived here, their future looked dismal. Many lost battles, deaths, and casualties left the troops with astoundingly low morale and a bleak outlook on their fates as Patriot Revolutionaries. Washington desperately needed a win. Utilizing the Morris-Jumel Mansion’s strategic location, Washington set to work to change the tide of the War.

In June’s session of Connect260, viewers will have the opportunity to take a deep dive into the time that Washington called this Mansion home and the Battle of Harlem Heights. What could he have been thinking? How did he plan to shift the outcome of the War? How did his strategy change? What happened that set the stage for this Battle? Join Mansion staff and lecturers to find out.

Dyckman Farmhouse: “Bled, Cupped, Blister’d and Purged”—Healthcare in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

“Bled, Cupped, Blister’d and Purged”—Healthcare in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

By Dr. Gretchen Sorin

August 7th at 6:30PM

VIRTUAL VIA ZOOM

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Healthcare in the time of the Dyckman Farmhouse, the 18th and early 19th centuries, was dramatically different from healthcare and wellness today, although we can see vestiges of this time in some current practices. The people of the enlightenment made some moves toward cleanliness, but, the lack of indoor plumbing and body cleansing, the difficulty of finding clean water, and the lack of sewage systems contributed to a host of health problems, as did a limited number of effective medicines. Inspired by an exhibition developed by the Cooperstown Graduate Program, “Health and Hygiene at a 19th century Farmhouse,” this talk will highlight medical practices in this period and the care available to both wealthy landowners and the enslaved people who shared their households.

 

“Sangrado,ventosaterapia, ampollas y purgado”: ​​la atención médica en el siglo XVIII y principios del XIX

Por la Dra. Gretchen Sorin

7 de agosto a las 6:30 PM

VIRTUAL VÍA ZOOM

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La atención médica en la época de Dyckman Farmhouse, el siglo XVIII y principios del XIX, era dramáticamente diferente de la atención médica y el bienestar actuales, aunque podemos ver vestigios de esta época en algunas prácticas actuales. Las personas del Siglo de las Luces hicieron algunos avances hacia la limpieza, pero la falta de plomería interior y de limpieza corporal, la dificultad para encontrar agua potable y la falta de sistemas de alcantarillado contribuyeron a una serie de problemas de salud, al igual que un número limitado de medicamentos. Inspirada en una exposición desarrollada por el Programa de Graduados de Cooperstown, “Salud e higiene en una granja del siglo XIX”, esta charla destacará las prácticas médicas en este período y la atención disponible tanto para los propietarios ricos como para los esclavos que compartían sus hogares.