August 2016 – SHEAR

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By Vanessa Holden August 29, 2016

Interview with Mary Sarah Bilder, 2016 James Bradford Biography Prize Winner

Mary Sarah Bilder is Founders Professor of Law at Boston College Law School. Her book, Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention, was the inaugural winner of SHEAR’s James Bradford Biography Prize. The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your book, would you provide a synopsis? Mary Sarah Bilder (MB): Madison’s Notes of the Constitutional Convention remain the standard authority for… Read More

InterviewSHEAR 2016 8 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 22, 2016

Interview with Rebeccah Bechtold, 2016 Ralph D. Gray Article Prize Winner

The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your article, would you provide a synopsis? Rebeccah Bechtold (RB): “A Revolutionary Soundscape: Musical Reform and the Science of Sound in Early America, 1760–1840” examines how the growing accessibility of music in the mid eighteenth century cultivated a wider appreciation for music as an individuated art. In this period, advocates for music… Read More

InterviewSHEAR 2016 5 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 17, 2016

SHEAR 2016 Roundtable on Hamilton Musical to Air on C-SPAN 3

Dear SHEARites, At our recent annual meeting, C-SPAN taped panel 19, ‘”History is Happening in Manhattan:” A Critical Roundtable on Hamilton’ and the recording will air this weekend and next on C-SPAN 3. Look for it on Sunday, 8/21 at 8:00 a.m. and Saturday, 8/27 at 2:00 p.m ET. After the first airing, it will… Read More

Hamilton musicalSHEAR 2016 1 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 15, 2016

Interview with Jen Manion, 2016 Mary Kelley Book Prize Winner

Jen Manion is Associate Professor of History at Amherst College. Manion’s book, Liberty’s Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America, was the inaugural winner of SHEAR’s Mary Kelley Book Prize. The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your book, would you provide a synopsis? Jen Manion (JM): The book examines the origins of the penitentiary system in… Read More

InterviewJen Manion 10 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 09, 2016

SHEAR 2017: How To Get a Panel Accepted

Every year, the Program Committee can accept only 50 panels for the conference, and every year the number of proposals goes up. For the 2016 conference we received 75 panel proposals and 31 individual paper proposals, so we had to decline more than a third of all submissions. How do you give your panel the best possible shot at… Read More

SHEAR 2017 5 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 08, 2016

CFP: SHEAR 2017 in Philadelphia

Call for Papers SHEAR Philadelphia July 20 – 23, 2017 The 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic will return to its home in Philadelphia from July 20 – 23, 2017. The Program Committee invites proposals for sessions and papers exploring all aspects of the… Read More

SHEAR 2017 4 min read

By Vanessa Holden August 01, 2016

Indian Factories and the American Empire of Commerce

Today’s post was written by David A. Nichols, associate professor of history at Indiana State University. It is based on his new book, Engines of Diplomacy: Indian Factories and the Negotiation of American Empire (University of North Carolina Press, 2016). The American purchase of Louisiana had many consequences, but in the beginning it was mainly an affair of… Read More

Guest Posts 10 min read

Interview with Mary Sarah Bilder, 2016 James Bradford Biography Prize Winner

Interview with Rebeccah Bechtold, 2016 Ralph D. Gray Article Prize Winner

SHEAR 2016 Roundtable on Hamilton Musical to Air on C-SPAN 3

Interview with Jen Manion, 2016 Mary Kelley Book Prize Winner

SHEAR 2017: How To Get a Panel Accepted

CFP: SHEAR 2017 in Philadelphia

Indian Factories and the American Empire of Commerce

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