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Upcoming Events
Tuesday, 18 October | 5:00 PM
Gretchen Heefner, Northeastern University, with comment by Neil Maher, NJIT-Rutgers University

Wednesday, 19 October | 2:00 PM

Thursday, 20 October | 6:00 PM
Elizabeth D. Leonard, in conversation with Kanisorn Wongsrichanalai, MHS

Three Public Events and Celebrity Speaker Receptions

Join us for these hybrid events. Each program begins at 6:00 PM. The in-person reception starts at 5:30 PM. Free for MHS Members. $10 per person (in person). No charge for virtual guest or EBT Cardholders. 

Friday, 28 October, at 6:00 PM: The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff, in conversation with Sara Georgini, MHS.

Wednesday, 2 November, at 6:00 PM: Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity with Donald Yacovone, in conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Wednesday, 16 November, at 6:00 PM: Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life with Lydia Moland, Colby College, in conversation with Megan Marshall.

Purchase Tickets to the Celebrity Speaker Receptions

An intimate reception with our featured speakers will begin at 5:00 PM. Enjoy libations, hors d’oeuvres, and lively conversation before the speaking program as well as reserved seating at the program. Capacity is limited to 35. Tickets are $250 and include admission to the program.

Find out more and purchase your tickets here.

Celebrity Speaker Reception Sponsors
Tuesday, 25 October, at 5:00 PM: Research Projects at the MHS Sponsored by the Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts with Aabid Allibhai, Harvard University; Daniel Bottino, Rutgers University; Rev. Dr. Christian Cuthbert; Camden Elliot, Harvard University; and Can Mert Kökerer, University of Chicago.

Thursday, 27 October, at 5:00 PM: Gender, Sexuality and Race in the Nineteenth Century Panel with Alexi Garrett, Saint Michael's College; Kathryn Angelica, University of Connecticut; with comment by Laura F. Edwards, Princeton University.

Friday, 28 October, at 6:00 PM: The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff, in conversation with Sara Georgini, MHS.

Tuesday, 1 November, at 5:00 PM: A “Free Lance” and Diplomat: S. G. W. Benjamin and the Promotion of Persian Art for an American Nation with Roxanne Goldberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with comment by Ross Barrett, Boston University, and Farshid Emami, Rice University.

Wednesday, 2 November, at 6:00 PM: Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity, with Donald Yacovone, in conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Saturday, 5 November, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM: Black Abolitionists and New Bedford’s Underground Railroad a teacher workshop.

Monday, 7 November, at 5:00 PM: The Strange History and Career of Drapetomania: The Mania that Caused Enslaved Blacks to Escape and the Man Behind It with dann j. Broyld, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, with comment by Deirdre Cooper-Owens, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Wednesday, 9 November, at 6:00 PM: Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America with Denise Gigante.

Thursday, 10 November, at 6:00 PM: The Great Boston Fire: The Inferno that Nearly Incinerated the City with Stephanie Schorow.

Saturday, 12 November, at 2:00 PM: Inferno: The Great Boston Fire of 1872 with Anthony M. Sammarco.

Wednesday, 16 November, at 6:00 PM: Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life with Lydia Moland, Colby College, in conversation with Megan Marshall.

Thursday, 17 November, at 6:00 PM: William Hickling Prescott Award for Excellence in Historical Writing Presentation with Heather Cox Richardson and Joanne Freeman, in partnership with The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America—Massachusetts.


Tuesday, 29 November, at 5:00 PM: "In the Interest of the American People": The Advertising Industry and Sponsored Economic Education Media, 1947–1952 with Caroline Jack, University of California, San Diego, with comment by Ted Miller, Northeastern University.

Tuesday, 29 November, at 6:00 PM: American Inspiration: Stacy Schiff with The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, and Writing History: An Extended Q&A with Stacy Schiff in conversation with Ryan J. Woods, EVP and COO of American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Catherine Allgor, President MHS.

Wednesday, 30 November, at 6:00 PM: MHS Film Club: Good Night, and Good Luck with Larry Tye.
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