
Research programs @MHS1791. Building a community of #historians via seminars, fellowships, conferences, & more (just like the beehive on the MHS seal!).
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The latest episode of our podcast, Historians & Their Histories, features Renaissance historian @maxson_brian. Listen or download wherever you get podcasts.
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Please join us next week for this program in our #Biography Series. The in-person reception begins at 4:30 pm. The event is free and part of our #AAPIHeritageMonth programming.
The next program in our #Biography Series features @the_kimlet & @marniemuell. "Breaking Silences: Using Intimate Biography to Uncover the Lives of Thomas Wen Yi Liao & Mary Mon Toy" is a free hybrid program on 15 May.
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The next program in our #Biography Series features @the_kimlet & @marniemuell. "Breaking Silences: Using Intimate Biography to Uncover the Lives of Thomas Wen Yi Liao & Mary Mon Toy" is a free hybrid program on 15 May.
masshist.org/events/breaking…
The latest episode of our podcast, Historians & Their Histories, features @arielwilks. Learn about how she became an historian of privateering in Early America. Listen/download wherever you get your podcasts.
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Deadline for applications to present in our seminar series next season approaching (1 May). All you need is a CV and a 1-page description. Apply today if you have an essay or chapter that you would like workshopped.
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Our next History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality seminar is on Tue, 29 April at 5p (EDT) and features Prof. Jessica Dandona's work on "flap anatomies." @Dr_C_Thompson commenting.
Learn more & register for this free seminar here: masshist.org/events/book-of-…
Call for submissions: the MHS annual awards the Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize to the best non-fiction book about Massachusetts history published in the preceding year.
This year's deadline is 12 May 2025.
Learn more here: masshist.org/gomesprize
In the latest episode of our podcast, "The Object of History," we visit the tomb of Isabella Stewart Gardner with the author of her latest biography, Dr. Natalie Dykstra.
Listen or download wherever you get your podcasts.
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The latest episode of our podcast, "Historians & Their Histories" features the work of historian James Hill (University of Pittsburgh).
Listen & download wherever you usually get your podcasts.
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Our next Modern American History seminar on Tue, 22 Apr, at 5p (EDT), features @DrEinavRFox's "Left on Broadway: Pins & Needles and the Cultural Work of Labor Unions." @ErikLoomis commenting.
Free online event.
Register here: masshist.org/events/pins-and…
We have two programs in our #AfricanAmericanHistory Seminar coming up during the week of 14 April: @sayburgin presents "Raising Bail, Critiquing the State: SNCC, the Civil Rights Movement and Cash Bail" on 15 April (masshist.org/events/raising-…) with Simon Balto commenting.
On 17 April, @astongonz presents "Black Intellect in the Wake of the American Revolution" with Vincent Carretta commenting (masshist.org/events/black-in…).
Both programs are virtual and begin at 5 p.m. (EDT). Sign up today!
The next session in our #EarlyAmericanHistory Seminar Series features @agkamya & @alicekingo. The panel is titled "Social Reform & Identity Formation in the 17th Century." @acweimer commenting.
Tue, 1 Apr, @ 5pm (EDT): masshist.org/events/social-r…
The next seminar in our History of Women, Gender, & Sexuality series (Thur, 3 Apr, @ 5pm, EDT) features @SevenPaperclips's "'The Permanent Prize for Nerve': Examining Women's Postwar Battles with the US Veteran's Bureau." @bethlinker commenting.
Register: masshist.org/events/permanen…
Do you have a chapter or essay that you would like to share with our #EnvironmentalHistory Seminar Series in the 2025-26 season?
Submit a proposal (500 wds) and CV (3 pgs) to [email protected] by 1 May to apply. Questions? E-mail or DM.
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Our #EarlyAmericanHistory Seminar is now accepting proposals for the 2025-26 season. Would you like to have an essay workshopped at a future session?
Submit a proposal (500 wds) & CV (3 pgs) to [email protected] by 1 May.
Questions? E-mail or DM.
masshist.org/seminars/paulin…
Do you have a chapter or essay that you would like to share with our Modern #AmericanHistory Seminar Series in the 2025-26 season?
Submit a proposal (500 wds) and CV (3 pgs) to [email protected] by 1 May to apply.
Questions? E-mail or DM.
masshist.org/seminars/dina-g…
Do you have a chapter or essay that you would like to share with our #DigitalHistory Seminar Series in the 2025-26 season?
Submit a proposal (500 wds) & CV (3 pgs) to [email protected] by 1 May. Questions? E-mail or DM.
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