The OI Colloquia series
The OI holds between three and six colloquia per semester to discuss projects (usually a postdoctoral book chapter or article) in progress. The paper is pre-circulated and available by request. Although only postdoctoral work is presented, graduate students at all levels are warmly encouraged to attend the sessions and participate in the discussions. To receive copies of the pre-circulated papers please REGISTER BELOW. Discussion of the paper will follow a brief introduction of the presenter and their project. Participants are asked to refrain from sharing the papers with others. We thank you for your observance of this request.
Questions? Email us at oieahc@wm.edu.
Starting in 2024, all colloq sessions will begin at 5:00 pm.
Fall 2024 schedule
September 10, 2024
Scottie Buehler, Sam Houston State University
“Delivering Empire: The Intimate Economies of Midwifery in Saint Domingue”
Join us in the JAMES ROOM at the W&M Sadler Center, 200 Stadium Drive, for this session.
October 8, 2024
Ellen Mary Nye, Purdue University
“Merchants and Financial Revolution: Governing Money between the Ottoman Empire and the English Atlantic”
Join us in the JAMES ROOM at the W&M Sadler Center, 200 Stadium Drive, for this session.
November 12, 2024
Joseph Clark, University of Kentucky
“Witch Hunts in the Tropical Ice Age”
Join us at our new offices, 427 Scotland Street, for this session and all following sessions.
Spring 2025 schedule
Registration for the spring colloqs will open by November 1, 2024.
January 21, 2025
Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire
“Dematriation: Indigenous Women, Displacement, and Racial Capitalism”
February 11, 2025
Jennifer Greeson, University of Virginia
“John Locke’s 1682 Revisions to the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina”
March 18, 2025
Nicole Breault, University of Texas at El Paso
“The Work of Boston’s Watch”
April 8, 2025
Hannah Tucker, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
“Women’s Entrepreneurship in Maritime Households’ Economic Strategies”
Present Your Work in 2025-26
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL for next year’s series no later than May 15, 2025. Email us at oieahc@wm.edu with a proposal of no more than 300 words and an abbreviated c.v.
Presenters are offered a modest travel stipend and accommodations in Williamsburg.