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By oieahc December 09, 2015

ICYMI: Why Conferences Still Matter

In the October 2015 issue of Uncommon Sense, Karin Wulf reflects on why the OI still is dedicated to organizing and sponsoring conferences—inspiring reading perhaps as you contemplate your spring schedule and ask whether that long weekend commitment will really be worth it. Conferences are expensive and time-consuming for both the organizers and the attendees. Conferences are hard on the… Read More

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By oieahc October 29, 2015

“Emerging Histories” for Graduate Students

Michaela Kleber and Hannah Bailey, both graduate students in History at the College of William & Mary, offer their take on the OI’s recent “Emerging Histories of the Early Modern French Atlantic.” Hannah and Michaela keep the panelists from running over their allotted time. Emotions run high for graduate students at conferences. On the one… Read More

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By oieahc October 08, 2015

French Atlantic? Why now and why Williamsburg

Today’s post is courtesy of Chris Hodson, co-organizer of the “Emerging Histories of the Early Modern French Atlantic” conference.   Yes, Virginia, there was a French Atlantic… …and from October 16-18, over 30 distinguished presenters and commentators will descend on the Omohundro Institute to prove it. Featuring scholars from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America, “Emerging… Read More

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By oieahc 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 oieahc 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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By oieahc April 15, 2015

Looking Forward to Early American Legal Histories, May 29-30, 2015

Sally Gordon, Convener of the 2015 WMQ-EMSI Workshop As we prepare for the annual WMQ-EMSI workshop, dedicated this year to legal history, it is fitting to reflect on an earlier undertaking in the same field.  Almost twenty years ago, the first conference on early American law, sponsored by OIEAHC, convened in Williamsburg.  Together with Omohundro editor-par-excellence… Read More

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By oieahc March 18, 2015

Conference Field Notes: “New Perspectives on Slaveries in the African World”

Eric Herschthal, OI Regional Editor reports the following— Readers of The William and Mary Quarterly need no reminder of slavery’s centrality to colonial America.  Yet a recent symposium of leading scholars on African slavery brought home just how much we still have to learn.  Being a regional editor for the Omohundro Institute’s Map gave me the… Read More

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