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By Jeffrey Glover September 06, 2017

Framing Early American Scholarship

In today’s post, Jeffrey Glover, author of “Witnessing African War: Slavery, the Laws of War, and Anglo-American Abolitionism” in the July 2017 edition of the William and Mary Quarterly, reflects on what it means to frame an article. I was surprised by the readers’ and editor’s reports on my submission to William and Mary Quarterly. I was not surprised by how… Read More

WMQ 9 min read

By Matthew Kruer August 30, 2017

Emotional Subjects, Big and Small

Today’s post comes from Matthew Kruer, author of “Bloody Minds and Peoples Undone: Emotion, Family, and Political Order in the Susquehannock–Virginia War” in the July issue of the William and Mary Quarterly. Early Americanists are thinking big these days. When, in early 2016, Karin Wulf introduced[1] the twitter hashtag #VastEarlyAmerica and Josh Piker advocated[2] that “early… Read More

WMQ 5 min read

By Katherine Smoak August 23, 2017

Money matters

Today’s post is from Katherine Smoak, author of “The Weight of Necessity: Counterfeit Coins in the British Atlantic World, 1760-1800” (William and Mary Quarterly, July 2017). When I started the research for the larger project from which my recent WMQ article is drawn—a history of the practices and politics of counterfeiting in the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world—I had been committed… Read More

WMQ 7 min read

By Joseph M. Adelman August 15, 2017

Teaching with Ben Franklin's World

Among many other things, the advent of history podcasts has opened new possibilities for engagement both inside and outside of the classroom at all levels. The first Doing History series, which outlines the process that historians use to develop and create historical research projects, was designed in part for exactly that purpose. Over the past few months, we’ve heard from numerous teachers at all levels from elementary to college about the ways in which they’re using Doing History and Ben Franklin’s World as part of their teaching and professional development. With a new semester just about to begin and instructors polishing up syllabi and lesson plans, we wanted to share how some teachers are doing so. Read More

Doing History 8 min read

By Nadine Zimmerli August 09, 2017

Summer Reading at the Institute

Today’s post is by Nadine Zimmerli, Associate Editor of Books When I was in college, I remember wandering into my local bookstore—Four Seasons Books, a gem of a place in Shepherdstown, West Virginia—and asking the owner for a good recommendation for summer reading. She suggested I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. This book was one of the last… Read More

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By Tim Shannon August 03, 2017

It started with a simple question

Today's post is from Tim Shannon, whose article “A ‘wicked commerce’: Consent, Coercion, and Kidnapping in Aberdeen’s Servant Trade” appears in the July 2017 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly Read More

WMQ 7 min read

By Nick Popper July 26, 2017

Nick Popper, BRE

Today’s post comes from Nick Popper, new Book Review Editor at the William and Mary Quarterly. The first reviewers of William Robertson’s landmark 1777 History of America tended towards rapturous praise. In June of that year, a review appeared in both the Scots Magazine and the Monthly Review exclaiming that “From the close of the fifteenth century we date the… Read More

WMQ 10 min read

By Carolyn Arena July 19, 2017

Welcome Carolyn Arena, new OI-NEH Fellow

Carolyn Arena is a historian of the Atlantic World, focusing on histories of native peoples in the Americas and slavery. Dr. Arena is the 2017-2019 National Endowment of the Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Prior to joining the Omohundro Institute, she completed her PhD at Columbia University with funding from Foreign… Read More

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By Karin Wulf July 12, 2017

Welcome the 2017 Scholars' Workshop

The 2017 Scholars’ Workshop has convened in Williamsburg. Thanks to the Lapidus Initiative, six scholars are braving the heat to work on book and article projects with the OI’s editorial staff. Zack Dorner is a lecturer in history at Stanford University. He is working on a chapter from his book project on the globalization of British medicines in… Read More

fellowships 5 min read

By Liz Covart July 06, 2017

Getting the iTunes Feature

iTunes promoted Ben Franklin’s World as a featured podcast the week of July 3, 2017. This was quite special for an independent, non-celebrity hosted podcast and since the feature appeared, many have asked me both how I got iTunes to feature Ben Franklin’s World and what the feature meant for its download statistics. These are great questions and as the Omohundro Institute strives to help scholars further the reach and impact of their work by getting their scholarship in front of the right audience, I’m happy to share the answers. Read More

Doing History 9 min read

By Eliga Gould July 04, 2017

When Did America Really Become Independent?

Eliga Gould is Professor of History at the University of New Hampshire and the author most recently of Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire. When I teach the American Revolution, I often ask my students, when did the United States become independent? The conventional… Read More

Doing History 9 min read

By Karin Wulf June 30, 2017

Transitions at the OI: Au Revoir, Brett

Today is the end of our fiscal year, as anyone who has been getting and reading our encouragement to make a gift to the OI Associates knows. For non-profits, that end of the fiscal year is an important moment to take stock of our resources and to make firmer commitments for the coming year. We are immensely grateful to… Read More

WMQ 7 min read

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Framing Early American Scholarship

Emotional Subjects, Big and Small

Money matters

Teaching with Ben Franklin's World

Summer Reading at the Institute

It started with a simple question

Nick Popper, BRE

Welcome Carolyn Arena, new OI-NEH Fellow

Welcome the 2017 Scholars' Workshop

Getting the iTunes Feature

When Did America Really Become Independent?

Transitions at the OI: Au Revoir, Brett

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Uncommon Sense

Framing Early American Scholarship

Emotional Subjects, Big and Small

Money matters

Teaching with Ben Franklin's World

Summer Reading at the Institute

It started with a simple question

Nick Popper, BRE

Welcome Carolyn Arena, new OI-NEH Fellow

Welcome the 2017 Scholars' Workshop

Getting the iTunes Feature

When Did America Really Become Independent?

Transitions at the OI: Au Revoir, Brett

Recent Posts

Peer Review for the Born-Digital?

BJ Lillis

Patrick Barker

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