Past Events



"The Incarcerating Army: Enslaved People and the Continental Army in the U.S. War for Independence"

Seminar
Sean Gallagher, American Philosophical Society
Oct 29, 2021 at -



"The Atlantic Life of Anna Madgigine Jai Kingsley: Race, Sex, and the Anti-Blackness of Consent"

Seminar
Farren Yero, Duke University
Oct 15, 2021 at -



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.



"The Debt: Sovereignty and Claims-making After the Revolution"

Seminar
Jessica Choppin Roney, Temple University
Sep 24, 2021 at -



"Forgetting Tobias Smollett: An Author and Britain’s Imperial Past"

Seminar
Emma Hart, McNeil Center for Early American Studies and University of Pennsylvania
Sep 10, 2021 at -



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.



"Refuse Slaves, Disposable Lives: Rethinking Racial Capitalism and the Transatlantic Slave Trade"

Seminar
Marisa J. Fuentes, Rutgers University and 2020-2021 Barra Sabbatical Fellow
May 7, 2021 at -



“'Men of High Honor and Intrinsic Worth': Commercial, Scientific, and Southern Cultures at the New Orleans Mint"

Seminar
Ann Daly, Brown University
Apr 30, 2021 at -



"The Role of Livestock in Millenarian and Revitalization Movements: Animals as Symbols of Colonial Oppression"

Seminar
Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman, University of Maryland
Apr 23, 2021 at -



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…