OI-SEA 2015 Archives

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 Joseph M. Adelman October 13, 2015

Florida at the Margins

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, https://floridamemory.com/items/show/33605. This week marks the end of our series highlighting the roundtables from the joint meeting of the Institute and the Society of Early Americanists. Thanks to all the participants for your contributions. Today’s post comes from Thomas Hallock, Associate Professor of English at the University of South Florida-St. Read More

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By Joseph M. Adelman October 06, 2015

Environment and Agency in Early America

Our series on the roundtables from this summer’s annual conference continues with a post from John Easterbrook. He recently received his PhD from the Department of English at New York University, where he completed his dissertation, “The Political Ecology of Early Anglo-American Writing, 1609-1847.” Our roundtable on “Environment and Agency in Early America” originated with a question posed to… Read More

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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 Joseph M. Adelman 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 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 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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ICYMI: Why Conferences Still Matter

Florida at the Margins

Environment and Agency in Early America

A Social Media Brouhaha: Talking about Blogging in Chicago

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

Extending the Roundtable Conversation

Wearing the Blue Ribbon: Observations from the Tweeting Trenches

The Twitterverse and the Twitter Averse

Conference Twittiquette

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ICYMI: Why Conferences Still Matter

Florida at the Margins

Environment and Agency in Early America

A Social Media Brouhaha: Talking about Blogging in Chicago

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

Extending the Roundtable Conversation

Wearing the Blue Ribbon: Observations from the Tweeting Trenches

The Twitterverse and the Twitter Averse

Conference Twittiquette

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A Folder of One’s Own: Hannah Lawrence Schieffelin’s Life in Poetry

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Noel Edward Smyth

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