Monday, 6 November | 6:00 PM
Democracy in Darkness: Secrecy & Transparency in the Age of Revolutions
Katlyn Carter, University of Notre Dame, in conversation with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, USC Dornsife.
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Wednesday, 8 November | 6:00 PM
Gay Community News at 50: Content, Controversy & Coverage
Chris Bull, Gayle Rubin, Chris Guilfoy, and Craig Bailey, moderated by Amy Hoffman. Co-sponsored with The History Project.
The in-person program has sold out, but you can attend virtually.
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Thursday, 9 November | 5:00 PM
Linked Data Models for Digital Scholarly Editions of Historical Accounting Records
Kathryn Tomasek, Wheaton College, with comment by Julia Flanders, Northeastern University.
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Monday, 13 November, 6:00 PM: Wars Civil & Great: The American Experience in the CivilWar & World War I with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, MHS; David Silbey, Cornell University; Dr. Brian Allen Drake, University of Georgia; and Kathleen Logothetis Thompson.
Tuesday, 14 November, 5:00 PM: “Come by Water & Not by Land”: Water Sovereignty & Rival Ecologies in Mid-Atlantic Iron Country 1608–1783 with Sophie Hess, University of Maryland, with comment by Christopher L. Pastore, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Thursday, 16 November, 5:00 PM: Across Barbed Wire & Racial Lines: Interracial Friendship & Girlhood During World War II with Sonia C. Gomez, Santa Clara University, with comment by Yuichiro Onishi, University of Minnesota.
Thursday, 28 November, 5:00 PM: “Get Your Grassroots, Ladies”: Pioneering a Path to Upgrade Household Employment in Boston, MA, 1960s–1970s with Mia Michael, Wayne State University, with comment by Erik Loomis, University of Rhode Island.
Wednesday, 29 November, 6:00 PM: Gay Community News at 50: GCN’s Impact & Legacy with Gerard Cabrera, Gilda Bruckman, and Haden Smiley, moderated by Michael Bronski, co-sponsored with The History Project.
Friday, 1 December, 3:00 PM, & Saturday, 2 December, 9:00 AM: Empire & Its Discontent, 1763–1773.
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Interested in Past Programs?
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Click below to view the video, Bringing Phillis to Life, with Ade Solanke, Greenwich University; David Waldstreicher, CUNY; and Tara Bynum, University of Iowa. Enjoy more videos by subscribing to the MHS YouTube channel after you view the video.
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Exhibition and Library Hours
Now Open! “The Dye is cast”: Interests & Ideals That Motivated the Boston Tea Party. The exhibition is open through 29 February 2024. Learn more about the exhibition and explore items from our collection related to the Tea Party.
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