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.
All colloq sessions begin at 5:00 pm.
Fall 2026–Spring 2027 schedule
September 10, 2026
Olivia Sabee, Swarthmore College
“Dancing Liberty: The Forgotten History of How Ballet Became American”
October 1, 2026
Glenda Goodman, University of Pennsylvania
“Teaching White Brother to Listen: The Ambiguous Incorporation of Samuel Kirkland in Kanadasaga, 1765-1766”
November 5, 2026
Sara T. Damiano, Texas State University
“‘No Sort of Pleasure at Home’: Responding to Mental Illness in Eighteenth-Century Boston”
February 11, 2027 – Virtual
Thiago Krause, Wayne State University
“Substitution and Survival: Brazilian Sugar and Tobacco in European Markets, 1690–1763”
March 11, 2027
Ernesto Bassi, Cornell University
“The Most Useful Population or How to Launch Provincial Prosperity through Population Schemes: Santa Marta, 1780s-1790s”
April 15, 2027
Lisa Lindsay, University of North Carolina
“Women, the Slave Trade, and Resistance, from West Africa through the Middle Passage”
Present Your Work in 2027-28
SUBMIT A PROPOSAL for next year’s series no later than May 15, 2027. 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.