Events



Attakullakulla and the Indian Wench: Cherokee-Anglo Diplomacy and Conspiracy in Great Tellico, Citico, and the Overhills

Brown Bag Session
Emily Dixon Magness, William & Mary
Jan 22, 2025 at -

Emily Dixon Magness (Cherokee Nation, Shawnee Tribe) is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at William & Mary, where she studies gender, war, and politics during the Anglo-Cherokee War. Emily is currently working on her…



Gardening and Botanical Thought in Early Colonial New Spain

Brown Bag Session
Marlis Hinckley, Johns Hopkins University
Jan 29, 2025 at -

Marlis Hinckley is a current PhD candidate in the Department of the History of Science at Johns Hopkins University, writing on botanical thought in 16th-century New Spain and Iberia. Her past publications include work…



That This Copy is Equal to the Other: John Singleton Copley and Multiplicity in Pastel

Brown Bag Session
Megan Baker, University of Delaware
Feb 26, 2025 at -

Megan Baker is a doctoral candidate in art history at the University of Delaware. Her dissertation, “Crayon Rebellion: The Material Politics of North American Pastels, 1758-1814,” considers the ascendent popularity of…



Insurgent Making

Brown Bag Session
Hampton Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mar 26, 2025 at -

Hampton Smith is doctoral candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Art and Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is completing a dissertation, “Making against Slavery: Artisanry,…



Southern New England Absence and Presence in the Colonial Archival Record

Brown Bag Session
Lydia Curliss, University of Maryland
Apr 9, 2025 at -

Lydia Curliss (Nipmuc) is a PhD Candidate at the University of Maryland, College of Information.  Her research interests include Indigenous Knowledges, cultural heritage memory institutions and their collections,…



"Work and Be Happy": Craft, Slavery, and Social Reform in Philadelphia, 1783-1840

Brown Bag Session
Bethany McGlyn, University of Virginia
Apr 23, 2025 at -

Bethany McGlyn is a PhD candidate and Jefferson Scholars Foundation Fellow at the University of Virginia studying craft labor and material culture in early national Philadelphia. In spring and summer 2025, Bethany will…



Where is Early America?

Conference
May 1, 2025 - May 3, 2025 (All Day)

Call for Papers Where is Early America?



Navigating the Past: Histories of the US Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-2025

Conference
Oct 9, 2025 - Oct 11, 2025 at -

The US Navy and the Marine Corps were founded in Philadelphia in 1775 and will mark their 250th anniversary in the city of their birth in October 2025 (see www.homecoming250.org). To coincide with the anniversary, this…