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By Joseph M. Adelman September 22, 2015

A Social Media Brouhaha: Talking about Blogging in Chicago

Today we continue our series with a review of the roundtable on "The Maturing Blogosphere of Early America." You may have heard that there was some amount of controversy about social media during the OI-SEA meeting in Chicago this past June. But almost all of that happened after the roundtable session, so we'll get to that in a minute. Read More

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By Jeffers Lennox September 17, 2015

"Finished" articles and life after publication

WMQ author Jeffers Lennox reflects on the life of his article “A Time and a Place” (July) post-publication. I was thrilled to learn that “A Time and a Place” had been accepted for publication by the WMQ, and, like most things I write, I haven’t read it since it went to press. I probably never will. It’s odd, but perhaps… Read More

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By Sara T. Damiano September 15, 2015

Witnesses and their Testimony in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Identifying Commonalities and Exploring Differences

Today we continue our series exploring the roundtable sessions from last summer’s Institute-SEA conference with a post from Sara T. Damiano. She will receive her Ph.D. from the History Department at Johns Hopkins University this fall. This spring she will be a postdoctoral fellow in the Program in Early American Economy and Society at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Read More

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By oieahc September 03, 2015

CALL FOR PROPOSALS--WMQ and JER

The William and Mary Quarterly and the Journal of the Early Republic invite proposals for a special joint issue, “Writing To and From the Revolution.” “Writing To and From the Revolution” aims to approach the American Revolution as a series of unresolved historiographical and methodological questions, asking what it means that colonialists with an interest in the eighteenth century… Read More

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By Joseph M. Adelman September 01, 2015

Extending the Roundtable Conversation

Summer is beginning to seem like a distant memory. Sunset is beginning to creep earlier into the evening, the air (occasionally) has a hint of crispness in it, and for those of us on college campuses, the noise and bustle of student life has returned. But here at Uncommon Sense, we’re hoping to extend the summer just a little… Read More

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By Daragh Grant August 28, 2015

SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION, AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN EARLY AMERICA

Author Daragh Grant offers these additional reflections on "The Treaty of Hartford (1638): Reconsidering Jurisdiction in Southern New England" from the July issue of the WMQ. Read More

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By Sarah Gordon August 26, 2015

Unexpected finds

Author Sarah Gordon reflects what drove her to reconceive her book project—and brought her to write her piece in the July 2015 edition of the WMQ. Read More

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By Karin Wulf August 04, 2015

Learning to Love the Stable Link

I’m all too aware that syllabus-writing season is upon us. In July we all wonder why the summer is racing by so quickly, and by mid-August many of us may be wondering whether there was a summer at all. But as we turn our keyboards to syllabi, I want to take a moment to remind us all why the… Read More

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By Josh Piker July 08, 2015

Summertime Blues

by Josh Piker I’m frequently asked what it takes to publish in the William and Mary Quarterly, a subject that I’m happy to talk about, of course. I’m especially happy to do so with graduate students and junior scholars. But I find that I discuss strategies for having an article accepted in the Quarterly with the sense that I’m… Read More

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By Casey Schmitt June 22, 2015

Wearing the Blue Ribbon: Observations from the Tweeting Trenches

Casey Schmitt, PhD candidate in History at the College of William and Mary, provides this reflection on live-tweeting the OIEAHC-SEA conference. Casey was one of two students who were brought to the conference by the OIEAHC as a way of encouraging a lively exchange on Twitter. Both students wore blue ribbons that designated them as Tweeters. Casey writes: Traveling… Read More

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By Karin Wulf June 20, 2015

The Twitterverse and the Twitter Averse

The following is a brief essay by OIEAHC Director Karin Wulf. The OI-SEA 2015 Joint Conference has been by almost every measure a great success. A rich, multi-disciplinary program so full of exciting panels that I noted several times I wished I had Hermione Granger’s time turner so I could attend them all. Gorgeous Chicago, with social outings and… Read More

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By Martha Howard June 16, 2015

Conference Twittiquette

We are delighted to confirm that the joint OIEAHC-SEA conference (June 18-21) will be live-Tweeted. In preparation for that, we have created not only a hashtag (#OISEA2015) but also drafted a Twittiquette. But as with any draft, we need input. Please respond below or, if you don’t desire to make a public comment, email us directly at oieahc@wm.edu. Read More

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A Social Media Brouhaha: Talking about Blogging in Chicago

"Finished" articles and life after publication

Witnesses and their Testimony in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World: Identifying Commonalities and Exploring Differences

CALL FOR PROPOSALS--WMQ and JER

Extending the Roundtable Conversation

SOVEREIGNTY, JURISDICTION, AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE IN EARLY AMERICA

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS--WMQ and JER

Extending the Roundtable Conversation

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Unexpected finds

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