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By OI July 26, 2023

Emerging Scholars at ASWAD 2023

The OI is pleased to support the attendance of these emerging scholars at the Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD) & the Convening of the International Congress of African and African Diaspora Studies (ICAADS), August 2-5, 2023, at the University of Ghana–Legon, Accra, Ghana. The OI is supporting scholars on the… Read More

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By OI June 15, 2023

Julia Gaffield Joins Team Q!

We are excited to announce that beginning July 17, 2023, Julia Gaffield (William & Mary) will serve as interim editor of the William and Mary Quarterly while Joshua Piker takes advantage of a year-long leave to continue research on his next book. Joshua Piker and Julia Gaffield Gaffield is a scholar of the Caribbean whose work has appeared… Read More

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By OI November 09, 2022

11th Annual Rio de la Plata Workshop Schedule (Revised)

Download the Schedule PDF NOTE: Due to inclement weather, please refer to the revised schedule below. Opening Lecture – Friday, February 21st, Tucker Hall, 127A – 10am 12:15pm Zacarias Moutoukias, Université Paris Diderot“Global as Micro: Social Networks, Interactions and Transactions in Colonial Spaces” Friday, February 21st… Read More

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By Catherine E. Kelly September 27, 2022

Change and Continuity

by Catherine E. Kelly Historians are notorious for sussing out the relationship between change and continuity, trying to gauge which is predominant at any given moment. In fact, both are typically in play. Certainly, that’s the case with new transitions for the OI’s staff.  From one perspective, we have change, and an awful lot of it: my move into… Read More

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By Catherine E. Kelly June 30, 2021

Time to reset your syllabi, Vast Early America

By Catherine E. Kelly, OI Editor of Books I came to the project that would become Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence the hard way – through the college classroom. Before joining the Omohundro Institute, I taught American history first at Case Western Reserve University and then at the University of… Read More

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By Catherine E. Kelly October 19, 2020

Not Your Typical Book Talks

by Catherine E. Kelly This week, we will launch the first of three online OI Author Conversations scheduled for the current academic year.  Featuring scholars whose books are forthcoming or recently published, this series will open up the research, writing, and thinking that go into making a polished product.  Unlike even the best book talks, which tend to summarize… Read More

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