shear 2023

{apologies for cross-posting, I finally got back into the blog after the updates...}

Dear SHEARites, what a pleasure to be able to say “another year, another SHEAR!” 

Thank you for attending the 2023 annual conference, our first meeting in Philadelphia in 6 years.  We know you join us in appreciation for the superb work of the Program Committee, co-chaired by Eliga Gould and Manisha Sinha, the Local Arrangements Committee headed by Amy Baxter-Bellamy, and others who put together such an invigorating and memorable conference.  We heard many excellent papers, and we hope that those of you

Hello SHEARites!  

30 days until we gather in Philadelphia for our 44th annual meeting headquartered at the DoubleTree Hotel City Center, 237 South Broad St.  The hotel block is almost full and will close on Monday, 12 June.  Please book your room now.  Rates are $174/single or double, $194/triple, and $214/quadruple, and are valid for up to three days before and three days after the SHEAR conference, based on availability.  All conference attendees are responsible for making their own room reservations directly with the DoubleTree Hotel at the booking website https://book.passkey.com/e

Journal of the Early Republic

From Conference Paper to Article Workshop

Open to anybody who has presented a conference paper on the era of the early republic

in 2020, 2021, 2022, or 2023 (including SHEAR’s 2023 conference).

Are you wondering how to take your conference paper and turn it into an article for submission to a journal?

Would you like an opportunity to get feedback from the JER’s editors and your SHEAR colleagues?

Join the JER’s editors and your peers for this workshop to share your paper and to support your colleagues. Please submit the title of your conference paper and a short c.v

Call for Participants: SHEAR 2023 Graduate Student Research Workshops (ONLINE)

SHEAR is pleased to invite participants for the 8th annual graduate student research workshops, open to all current graduate students (or recipients of a 2022-2023 degree) with research interests in the era of the early United States and its world.

These workshops invite grad students and faculty to discuss common themes, important areas of research, and challenges faced by scholars in the field.  Conversations in each group may turn alternately to subjects like archives, methodologies, and important secondary

Hello SHEARites! The 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic is less than 3 months away:  Registration is OPEN at Ticketleap and an online version of the program is available at shear.org (printed programs will be available to conference attendees upon check-in).

For those of you ready to make your conference plans and travel arrangements, here is much, I hope helpful, information:

Registration

Information about the conference is available under “Annual Meeting” on the SHEAR website.  Preregistration opens at Ticketleap on 1 May and is $90 for members

Call for Applications:

Sixth Annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop

The SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop is inviting applications for the sixth annual 2BWW workshop to be held at the Annual Meeting of SHEAR in Philadelphia. The workshop will run from 12:30-4:30pm on Thursday, July 13, 2023. We also will offer one online discussion panel via Zoom.

The journey from first to second book can be a difficult one. From choosing a topic to finding the time and support to research and write, the structure that guides the writing of the dissertation and first book disappears. Many of us struggle

Call for Applications:

Sixth Annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop

The SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop is inviting applications for the sixth annual 2BWW workshop to be held at the Annual Meeting of SHEAR in Philadelphia. The workshop will run from 12:30-4:30pm on Thursday, July 13, 2023. We also will offer one online discussion panel via Zoom.

The journey from first to second book can be a difficult one. From choosing a topic to finding the time and support to research and write, the structure that guides the writing of the dissertation and first book disappears. Many of us struggle

Call for Participants: Fourth Annual SHEAR Biography Workshop

SHEAR is pleased to announce and invite applications for the Fourth Annual SHEAR Biography Workshop, to be held in advance of the annual meeting in July 2023.

The workshop will be held face-to-face from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Thursday, July 13th,  at the conference hotel in Philadelphia. (There will not be an option for remote participation.) The morning session will comprise presentations and reflective activities to aid participants in conceptualizing and moving forward with their own biographical projects.

In the afternoon