Past Conferences



The Americas Online:

Thinking Digitally About Early America
Conference
Nov 11, 2021 - Nov 13, 2021 (All Day)

In recent years, scholars of early America have engaged with digital methodologies to create projects that have facilitated new forms of inquiry, practice, and pedagogy.



Black Lives and Freedom Journeys:

The Legacy of the Still Family of Philadelphia
Conference
Oct 7, 2021 - Oct 8, 2021 (All Day)

The 200th anniversary of the birth of Philadelphia activist William Still offers an exceptional opportunity to consider his remarkable life and legacy.



A Workshop in Honor of Sugar and Slaves on its 50th Anniversary

Conference
Jun 28, 2021 - Jun 29, 2021 (All Day)

2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of one of the foundational books in the writing of Caribbean and  Atlantic history.



Atlantic Jewish Worlds: 1500–1900

Conference
Apr 7, 2021 - Apr 8, 2021 (All Day)

The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, in partnership with the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, invites your participation in a two-day conference focused on Jewish life in the Atlantic world…



Empire, Sovereignty, and Labor in the Age of Global Abolition

Conference
Feb 25, 2021 - Feb 26, 2021 (All Day)

This international conference brings scholars together in consideration of the entangled and global histories of empire and labor in the age of slavery’s abolition.



Investigating Mid-Atlantic Plantations: Slavery, Economics, and Space

Conference
Oct 17, 2019 - Oct 19, 2019 (All Day)

This conference brings academics, public historians, museum professionals, and others together to examine the phenomenon of mid-Atlantic plantations through interdisciplinary lenses.