WMQ-EMSI Workshop: "Synthesis and Early American History"

The 2027 WMQ-EMSI Workshop Convened by Peter C. Mancall In recent years, scholars in early American history have turned increasingly to synthesis. Do these writings represent a turn in the field—or a return to a more traditional form of writing about the past? How has the craft and responsibility of writing synthetic histories changed given the expansion of topics… Read More

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“Synthesis and Early American History”

CFP: WMQ-EMSI 2025 Workshop

“Small Nations, Big Histories” Convened by Elizabeth N. Ellis and Eliga H. Gould June 20–21, 2025 Huntington Library, San Marino, California   In early America, did the size of a nation or polity matter? Smaller political units were not powerless, and recent work has highlighted how Indigenous, African, and colonial actors from small polities transformed… Read More

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CFP now OPEN for WMQ-EMSI