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By Editor February 15, 2024

Revolutionary Narratives, Part 3

Reconsidering Commemorations at the U.S. 250th This past summer, over twenty OI Associates from the U.S. and Canada rose out of their beach chairs once a week to tune into an OI Coffeehouse on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Organized by Maria DiBenigno, Hilary Miller, and Amy Speckart, three members of the Revolutionary… Read More

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By Editor February 14, 2024

Revolutionary Narratives, Part 2

Reconsidering Commemorations at the U.S. 250th This past summer, over twenty OI Associates from the U.S. and Canada rose out of their beach chairs once a week to tune into an OI Coffeehouse on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. Organized by Maria DiBenigno, Hilary Miller, and Amy Speckart, three members of the Revolutionary… Read More

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By Editor February 13, 2024

Revolutionary Narratives, Part I

Reconsidering Commemorations at the U.S. 250th This past summer, over twenty OI Associates from the U.S. and Canada rose out of their beach chairs once a week to join an OI Coffeehouse titled “Revolutionary Narratives: Reconsidering Commemorations at the U.S. 250th.” Organized by Maria DiBenigno, Hilary Miller, and Amy Speckart, three members of the Revolutionary Narratives working group,… Read More

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By Editor October 20, 2023

Colloq with Heather Miyano Kopelson

Join us on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 5:00 pm ET in the Cox classroom of the Reeder Media Center, lower level of Swem Library, as we welcome Heather Miyano Kopelson. Professor Kopelson will discuss “Seashell,” a chapter comes from her book manuscript, Speaking Objects: Indigenous Women and the Materials of Dance in the Americas, 1500-1700), which is aimed… Read More

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By Editor September 05, 2023

"The Great Experiment": Virtual Reality for Higher Education

Join the Omohundro Institute as we welcome Professors Warren Hofstra and Mohammad Obeid from Shenandoah University, Professor Kevin Hardwick of James Madison University, and Chief Immersive Officer at AccessVR J.J. Ruscella to discuss their virtual reality learning tool, “The Great Experiment.” The tool aims to “place participants in Independence Hall” during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Read More

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By OI December 01, 2022

A Pedagogy of Kindness

A Teaching Workshop with Cate Denial Treating our students and ourselves with kindness is one way in which we can alleviate some of the burden of teaching in a pandemic. Learn what a pedagogy of kindness is, and its deep connectedness to matters of equity and power.  Learn what a pedagogy of kindness is not (“niceness”), and leave with… Read More

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By OI December 01, 2022

Creating Breathing Room for Our Students and Ourselves

A Teaching Workshop with Cate Denial Feeling burned out at the end of fall semester and wondering how to deal with spring?  This workshop will offer ways to design spring courses to maximize flexibility and breathing room for instructors and students alike. We’ll talk about how to build community online and off, and how to build meaningful learning experiences… Read More

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By Morgan McCullough March 02, 2022

Stuff for Your Ears

Learning about Material Culture with Ben Franklin’s World   a blog post by OI Material Culture Fellow Morgan McCullough   Material culture otherwise called ‘stuff,’ has long been a topic of interest for scholars and students of vast Early America. The Omohundro Institute has recently explored material culture at the 2021 conference “Material Worlds/Virtual Worlds: the Physical and… Read More

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By Catherine E. Kelly June 30, 2021

Time to reset your syllabi, Vast Early America

By Catherine E. Kelly, OI Editor of Books I came to the project that would become Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence the hard way – through the college classroom. Before joining the Omohundro Institute, I taught American history first at Case Western Reserve University and then at the University of… Read More

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By Karin Wulf January 13, 2021

What's New in This New Year

How the OI Plans to Support You in 2021, Vast Early America By Karin Wulf Welcome to 2021, a year like every other in which we know that the early American past we learn, listen, read, research, speak, teach, view, and write will be incredibly important.  And yet, like the year that’s just ended, that importance seems turbo-charged for… Read More

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By Liz Covart July 08, 2020

Tips and Tricks for Recording: Remote Interviews

By Liz Covart How can you record remote guests and phone calls? These were two questions people sent my way on Twitter when I asked what questions people had about mics, lighting, and sound for their virtual programs and courses.  In this last post of our three-post series on the subject of… Read More

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By Liz Covart July 07, 2020

Tips and Tricks for Recording: Video

By Liz Covart I’ve seen a lot of questions about mics, lighting, and sound floating around on Twitter as more museums and institutions move their public programming online and as educators move their teaching online. Many people want to know how they can record the best audio and video for their projects. Today’s post is the second in a… Read More

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