SHEAR 2016

By Vanessa Holden September 27, 2016

Interview with Donald F. Johnson, 2016 Manuscript Prize Winner

At the 2016 SHEAR conference, Donald F. Johnson, assistant professor of history at North Dakota State University, received the SHEAR Manuscript Prize for his Northwestern University dissertation, “Occupied America: Everyday Experience and the Failure of Imperial Authority in Revolutionary Cities under British Rule, 1775-1783.” The Republic (TR): How would you summarize the argument of your dissertation? Donald F. Read More

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By Vanessa Holden September 19, 2016

Interview with April R. Haynes, 2016 James H. Broussard Book Prize Winner

April R. Haynes is an assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her book, Riotous Flesh: Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth-Century America, was co-winner of the James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize. The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your book, would you provide a synopsis? April R. Haynes… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden September 12, 2016

Interview with Shane White, 2016 SHEAR Book Prize Winner

Shane White is the Challis Professor of History and an Australian Professorial Fellow in the History Department at the University of Sydney specializing in African-American history. His book, Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire, was this year’s SHEAR Book Prize winner. The Republic (TR): For those who… Read More

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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

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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

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By Vanessa Holden July 19, 2016

Andrew Cayton Memorial and NHC Fund

Dear Colleagues, We’re writing to encourage you to consider making a gift to the National Humanities Center in honor of our friend and colleague Drew Cayton. As we shared our grief at Drew’s passing in the fall, we hoped for some way to commemorate his dedication to scholarship and teaching. On the SHEAR blog, friends and fellow past-SHEAR presidents… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden July 17, 2016

SHEAR 2016: Final Conference Preparations

Less than a week until SHEAR’s 38th annual meeting opens in New Haven and I have a few updates to share. The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library is undergoing renovations and you must page your materials in advance so that they can be brought to Sterling Library. Learn more at http://beineckelibraryrenovation.yale.edu The Papers of Benjamin Franklin editorial… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden May 23, 2016

SHEAR 2016 Conference App Information

Hello SHEARites! The 2016 annual meeting for the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic is only two months away. We are no longer distributing a printed program in advance of the meeting. Instead, we’ve built a mobile app for SHEAR’s annual meeting that has everything you need to know for the conference, including the full program,… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden May 02, 2016

SHEAR 2016 Conference Information

Hello SHEARites! The 2016 annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic is less than three months away, and plans are well underway. We are no longer distributing printed programs in advance of the meeting (printed programs will be available to conference attendees upon check-in). Instead, an online version of the program is available on… Read More

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