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By Laurel Daen April 18, 2018

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part IV

This is the fourth and final in a series of posts by Laurel Daen on the history of the copper and wood printing block process used to produce the William and Mary Quarterly until the mid-twentieth century. Laurel wrote the pieces in preparation for the OI’s 75th anniversary while she was Lapidus Initiative Communications Coordinator in 2016. A Look at Printing… Read More

WMQ 6 min read

By Laurel Daen April 04, 2018

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part III

This is the third piece in a series of posts by Laurel Daen on the history of the copper and wood printing block process used to produce the William and Mary Quarterly until the mid-twentieth century. Laurel wrote the pieces in preparation for the OI’s 75th anniversary while she was Lapidus Initiative Communications Coordinator in 2016. The Royal Engraving Company in… Read More

WMQ 3 min read

By Christine DeLucia March 22, 2018

On "slow history": Decolonizing methodologies and the importance of responsive editorial processes

Christine DeLucia, author of “Fugitive Collections in New England Indian Country: Indigenous Material Culture and Early American History Making at Ezra Stiles’s Yale Museum” in the January 2018 edition of the William and Mary Quarterly reflects on the broader implications of making a “simple” change to her recent article. It wasn’t quite a “stop the presses!” moment. But a… Read More

WMQ 14 min read

By oieahc March 15, 2018

Further Thoughts on Douglas Winiarski's Bancroft Prize-winning Book

This week we were thrilled to learn that Douglas L. Winiarski’s Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (OI and UNCP, 2017) was one of three books awarded the 2018 Bancroft Prize. This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England is simultaneously magisterial in scope and carefully attuned… Read More

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By Ravynn Stringfield March 14, 2018

Building on the Legacy: Lemon Project Symposium March 16-17, 2018

Today’s post is courtesy of Ravynn Stringfield, graduate student in American Studies at William & Mary and Lemon Project Graduate Assistant. The Omohundro Institute applauds the work of the Lemon Project and has supported several past events. Most recently, the OI has joined forces with the Lemon Project to co-sponsor the OI-W&M Lemon Project Postdoctoral Fellowship, a two-year… Read More

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By Karin Wulf March 08, 2018

Remarks from "Private Funding in the Humanities," AHA session #289

The following is a transcript of remarks given by Sid Lapidus during session #289, “Private Funding in the Humanities,” at the January 2018 American Historical Association meeting in Washington, D.C. At the January 2018 meeting of the American Historical Association, I chaired a session, put together by the program committee, on the vital subject of private funding for the… Read More

Lapidus Initiative 18 min read

By Katherine Carté Engel February 28, 2018

Politics, Religion, Then, Now

WMQ author Katherine Carté Engel (January 2018) discusses some of the questions the editorial process forced her to confront when writing her article “Connecting Protestants in Britain’s Eighteenth-century Atlantic Empire.” According to the handy new tool put up by Michael McDonnell, the word “colonial” appears 138 times in titles in the WMQ. I’m not surprised that the number… Read More

WMQ 7 min read

By David Chan Smith February 22, 2018

On Fit and Frame

Today’s post is by David Chan Smith, author of “The Hudson’s Bay Company, Social Legitimacy, and the Political Economy of Eighteenth-Century Empire” in the January 2018 edition of the William and Mary Quarterly. The six reviewers! This was my first thought when asked how my article on the political economy of empire had changed from its initial submission… Read More

WMQ 7 min read

By Laurel Daen February 14, 2018

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, Part II

This is the second piece in a series of posts by Laurel Daen on the history of the copper and wood printing block process used to produce the William and Mary Quarterly until the mid-twentieth century. Laurel wrote the pieces in preparation for the OI’s 75th anniversary while she was Lapidus Initiative Communications Coordinator in 2016. A Look at Printing Illustrations… Read More

WMQ 4 min read

By Holly Stevens White February 01, 2018

Report on the VCEA

This past Saturday, the Virginia Consortium of Early Americanists convened for their fourth annual meeting at the University of Richmond. Founded in 2014 in order to provide a forum for the wealth of scholarship focused on early American history in Virginia, each year the program evolves and the number of attendees grows. To facilitate this process and continue… Read More

conferences 7 min read

By Daniel Livesay January 24, 2018

Meghan Markle and the Long History of American Brides of Color in Britain

This post, by OI author Daniel Livesay, comes to us courtesy of the UNC Press blog. Daniel Livesay is the author of Children of Uncertain Fortune: Mixed-Race Jamaicans in Britain and the Atlantic Family, 1733-1833, published with our friends at the University of North Carolina Press. By tracing the largely forgotten eighteenth-century migration of elite mixed-race individuals from… Read More

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By Kristen Beales and Peter Olsen-Harbich January 24, 2018

Seats at the Table

The spring semester of the Omohundro Institute Colloquia series began last night with a presentation by Richard Godbeer of Virginia Commonwealth University. Four more colloqs will follow in the next few months. Here, W&M Ph.D. candidates Kristen Beales and Peter Olsen-Harbich share their takes on what value attending the sessions even though only postdoctoral work is presented. The… Read More

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From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part IV

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part III

On "slow history": Decolonizing methodologies and the importance of responsive editorial processes

Further Thoughts on Douglas Winiarski's Bancroft Prize-winning Book

Building on the Legacy: Lemon Project Symposium March 16-17, 2018

Remarks from "Private Funding in the Humanities," AHA session #289

Politics, Religion, Then, Now

On Fit and Frame

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, Part II

Report on the VCEA

Meghan Markle and the Long History of American Brides of Color in Britain

Seats at the Table

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From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part IV

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, part III

On "slow history": Decolonizing methodologies and the importance of responsive editorial processes

Further Thoughts on Douglas Winiarski's Bancroft Prize-winning Book

Building on the Legacy: Lemon Project Symposium March 16-17, 2018

Remarks from "Private Funding in the Humanities," AHA session #289

Politics, Religion, Then, Now

On Fit and Frame

From the OI Archives: Our Copper and Wood Printing Blocks, Part II

Report on the VCEA

Meghan Markle and the Long History of American Brides of Color in Britain

Seats at the Table

Recent Posts

Peer Review for the Born-Digital?

BJ Lillis

Patrick Barker

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