This virtual program is part of our Winter Speaker Series, and will be presented on Zoom. A Zoom link will be emailed to all current SCHS members before the program.

Kieran O’Keefe, assistant professor of history at Lyon College will discuss his recent work, “When Did New York Stop Speaking Dutch? The Persistence of the Dutch Language in Old New Netherland.” Despite their short-lived enterprise on the East Coast, the Dutch made a long-lasting impression. In addition to their cultural legacy, the Dutch language held on stubbornly across the region for a long time. When did New York stop speaking Dutch? The answer will surprise you.