Columbia University Early American Seminar: 2019-2020 Schedule
The Columbia Seminar on Early American History and Culture is pleased to announce its schedule for 2019-2020.
The seminar will meet at Columbia University’s Faculty House (W. 116th Street and Morningside Drive). Seminar attendees are invited to gather for cocktails before each meeting at 5:00pm.
Presentations begin at 5:30pm. Dinners follow at 7pm.
If you wish to attend, please contact the seminar rapporteur, Yoav Hamdani, at earlyamericanseminar491@gmail.com.
The schedule and other information are also available at our website http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/earlyamerica/
FALL 2019
September 17: Carla Cevasco
Assistant Professor of American Studies, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
October 15: John Blanton
Assistant Professor of History, City College of New York
November 12: Jennifer Van Horn
Assistant Professor of Art History and History, University of Delaware
December 3: Marisa Fuentes
Associate Professor of Women's & Gender Studies and History; Presidential Term Chair in African American History, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
SPRING 2020
January 28: Andrew Lipman
Assistant Professor of History, Barnard College
February 25: Rebecca Goetz
Associate Professor of History, New York University
March 24: Sara Georgini
Senior Editor, Papers of John Adams, Massachusetts Historical Society
April 21:
Special mini-conference (3:00-9:00PM):
“Civics, Inclusion, and Power from the American Revolution to the Civil War”
Plenary speakers:
- Elizabeth Ellis, Assistant Professor of History, NYU
- Johann Neem, Professor of History, Western Washington University
- Shirley Brown Alleyne, Manager of Teaching and Learning, Brooklyn Historical Society
Co-sponsored by the University Seminar on Early American History and Culture and the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona College
More details to be circulated closer to the date. Faculty House, preregistration required.
Regards,
Hannah Farber (Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of History, Columbia University)
Andrew Lipman (Co-Chair, Assistant Professor of History, Barnard College)
Yoav Hamdani (Rapporteur, Ph. D. Candidate in History, Columbia University)