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Nonprofit organization Sharing America’s stories for more than 200 years. 185 Salisbury St, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Join us tonight, October 6th at 7:00 pm ET in person or online for Contested Continent: The Struggle for North America c. 1000-1680 with Peter C. Mancall. www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us virtually for “A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom” with Adam Jortner on September 29 at 7:00 pm. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/promised-land-jewish-patriots-american-revolution-and-birth-religious-freedom
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join us for “Entangled Alliances: Racialized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution” with Ronald Angelo Johnson on Thursday, September 24 at 7:00 pm ET. Register: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/racialized-freedom-and-atlantic-diplomacy-during-american-revolution
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us Tuesday, September 15 at 7:00 pm ET with Melissa Range and Printer’s Fist: A Poetry Reading. In person and virtual viewing options available. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/printers-fist-poetry-reading-melissa-range
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Join us virtually on Tuesday, August 4th at 7:00 pm for “Westward Expansion, the Secession Crisis, and the Creation of Colorado Territory” with Susan Schulten Register at: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/westward-expansion-secession-crisis-and-creation-colorado-territory
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Join us on Tuesday, July 14th at 7:00 pm ET online or in person for “A History of American Citizenship Through the Lens of Disability” with Sari Altschuler. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/history-american-citizenship-through-lens-disability
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Join us for Stolen Land: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in US History with Linford Fisher on Thursday, May 28, 2026, 7 - 8:00 pm - in person and online viewing available www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Please join us April 30th at 7:00 pm ET in person or online for “The Making & Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History” with Mark Peterson. Register at: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/making-and-breaking-american-constitution
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Join us Thursday, April 9th, at 7:00 pm ET in person or online for “A Flood of Pictures: The Formation of a Picture Culture in the United States” by Michael Leja. Register at: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/flood-pictures-formation-picture-culture-united-states
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Join us Thursday, March 26 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET for a Virtual Book talk with Sonia Hazard “Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media” register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/evangelical-power-age-mass-media
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Join us Tuesday, March 24 at 7:00 pm ET in person or online for Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States by Michelle Craig McDonald. www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Join us Thursday, March 5, 2026 for a hybrid public program with Jessica M.Lepler. “Canal Dreamers: The Epic 1820s Quest to Connect the Atlantic and Pacific,” will begin at 7:00 pm ET. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/epic-1820s-quest-connect-atlantic-and-pacific
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, February 26th at 7:00 pm ET for "Black Women at the Center of Revolution" with Deborah Hall, Patrice R. Green, Kyera Singleton, and Angela T. Tate. Both in person and online options available: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/black-women-center-revolution
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join us this Thursday evening, February 5 at 7:00 pm ET for a virtual public program “Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History” with Andrew Burstein. Register at: americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/being-thomas-jefferson-intimate-history
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Apply today for the Historic Children’s Voices K-12 Teacher Institute Monday, August 10 - Friday, August 14, 2026 americanantiquarian.org/k-12-teacher-institute-2026
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Join us for Michael D. Hattem’s “The Memory of ‘76: The Revolution in American History”. The free virtual public program will be Thursday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m. ET. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/memory-76-revolution-american-history
Virtual Public Program The Memory of '76 on January 29 at 7 pm ET
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Join us this Thursday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m. ET for “Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America” by Karin A. Wulf. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/lineage-genealogy-and-power-connection-early-america for in person or virtual
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Join us Thursday afternoon online at 2:00 PM ET for “The Novel and the Blank” a virtual book talk with Matthew P. Brown. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/novel-and-blank-matthew-p-brown
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Join us tonight online at 7:00 PM ET for “Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction” with Eric Gardner in conversation with Sherita L. Johnson and Derrick R. Spires. www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Join us online or in person this Thursday, October 30th at 7:00 pm ET for "Poe" and "After Lives": Richard Kopley and Megan Marshall in conversation. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/poe-and-after-lives-richard-kopley-and-megan-marshall-conversation
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Join us this Tuesday, October 21, at 7:00 pm ET for a Virtual Public program presented by Don James McLaughlin, “Phobia and American Literature, 1705-1937: A Therapeutic History.” Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/phobia-and-american-literature-1705-1937-therapeutic-history
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Join us this Thursday, October 16th at 7:00 pm ET in person or online for “"I Am So Tired of Waiting, Aren’t You?": Revisiting Black Majority, the Robert C. Baron lecture with Peter H. Wood. Register at americanantiquarian.org/programs-events/i-am-so-tired-waiting-arent-you-revisiting-black-majority
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Designed for scholars new to archival work, this four-day, in-person workshop will bring together graduate students and early career scholars specializing in pre-1900 African American history and culture. Application details available: americanantiquarian.org/early-african-american-print-workshop
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Please join us online this Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 pm ET for “Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States” by Sharon Ann Murphy. Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/1333
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Our join us for our next fall public program! 🍂 Louis P. Masur will present “A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship” on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 pm EDT. Join us in person or online by registering at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13158
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Join us tomorrow evening, Tuesday, September 9th at 7:00 p.m. EDT for War Power: Literature and the State in the Civil War North by Philip Gould. Register at americanantiquarian.org/node/13332
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Our Fall public programs start one week from today! Join us as we kick off September's programs with "Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York" by Akela Reason. Join us in person or online on Thursday, September 4 at 7:00 pm. Register at americanantiquarian.org/node/13334
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29 from 7:00-8:00 pm for a virtual public program “Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America” with Sarah Gold McBride. www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13161
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, July 24 from 7:00-8:00 pm for a virtual public program “A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with Susanna Ashton. www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12909
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 7:00 pm in person or online for “The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution” by Zara Anishanslin. Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13322
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Join us for this free, drop-in program tomorrow evening from 5-6:30 pm! Chat with a Curator: Finding William Lewis will feature Christie Higginbottom, Bruce Craven and Ashley Cataldo
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Join us this Tuesday, June 17th at 7:00 pm ET for “Artist in the Archive: New Works” our Juneteenth program by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson in conversation with Deborah Hall. In person and remote options available for viewing: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13126
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Join us this Wednesday evening, June 11 at 7:00 pm for “Revisiting Jonathan Edwards and the "Bad Books" Controversy” with Christopher J. Looby. Visit www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13122 to register!
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Please join us this Thursday, June 5th at 7:00 PM in person or online for the inaugural Harry and Jane Dewey Lecture, The Pursuit of Happiness by Jeffrey Rosen www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13129
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Join us on Thursday, May 29th at 7:00 pm for a Hybrid Public Program by Craig Thompson Friend—Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12758
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Join us tomorrow May 13th at 7:00 pm for a Virtual Public Program by Bethany Hughes in conversation with Wendy Bellion—Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13055
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Join us, Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 EST for the Julian L. Lapides Lecture "Seventy Years a Bibliophile" with Justin G. Schiller. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12912
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Join us in-person or online for “The Declaration in Script and Print,” by John Bidwell on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/12911
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Join us in-person or online for a symposium “New Insights on Isaiah Thomas,” on Friday, April 11 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/13049
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Join us in-person or online for “Democracy and History: Isaiah Thomas and Thomas Jefferson,” the Keynote address of the New Insights on Isaiah Thomas Symposium by Peter S. Onuf on Friday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/13050
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Join us this Thursday, March 27th at 2:00 p.m. for a Virtual Book Talk “Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early United States” with Ben Bascom. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12817
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Join us this Thursday, March 20th for Nicholas L. Syrett’s Hybrid Public Program “The Trials of Madame Restell: 19th-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime” at 7:00 p.m. ET. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12815
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Join our team! Positions available: -Executive Coordinator, President's Office and Programs -Maintenance Assistant american-antiquarian-society.breezy.hr?fbclid=PAZXh...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Join us this Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m. ET for a virtual public program—Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women with Jennifer Rycenga www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13053
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join us this Thursday, February 27th, for a virtual book talk “Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature” with Bryan Sinche. Register for this free program here: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12755
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Join us on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. ET for Nneka D. Dennie and Kristin Moriah's virtual public program “The Many Legacies of Mary Ann Shadd Cary”—register for the free program: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12919
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Join us for American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750-1850 by Eran A. Zelnik on January 23 at 7pm ET. Register: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12908
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Join us as we explore the intriguing history of The Whole Book of Psalms, the earliest edition of which dates to 1640. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Join us on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:00 p.m. ET for Seth Rockman’s hybrid public program “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery”—register for the free program here: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/9824
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Join us this Tuesday, November 26th at 7:00pm ET for a virtual public program. Camille Owens will join us to discuss Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America. Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12713
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