Event

Where is Early America?

The McNeil Center for Early American Studies will host “Where is Early America?," a state of the field conference, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania from May 1-3, 2025. The conference will feature panels and roundtables focused on the earliest periods of America’s past. Our sessions aim to propose new frameworks for comprehending the earliest period of European colonization in America and novel arguments for scholarly attention to this era. The full program and registration for this event will be available soon. 

This conference is chaired by Emma Hart, Director of The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

Photo credit: "Beadwork and Raised Picture of Woman and Servant by Unknown Maker," Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Object No. 2000-333 (1660-1680)