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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join us at the McNeil Center on Thursday, Oct 1 at 3:30pm for a seminar by Jane Landers of Vanderbilt University. Dr. Landers will present “Polydore, an Atlantic Creole on Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage.” Reception following. Register here: bit.ly/oct1seminar

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities: The McNeil Center will appoint one Barra Postdoctoral Fellow and one Barra Sabbatical Fellow for terms beginning in 2027. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4xvRz2j

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Registration open! Historic Trappe, the McNeil Center, and Ursinus College are partnering to convene a symposium, “Experiencing Independence: Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution.” historictrappe.org/experiencing...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We're thrilled to announce that Drs. Andrew Shankman, Carol Soltis, and Derrick Spires will present the third annual Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lectures, “American Revolutions Reconsidered, 1776–2026," on October 26, 27, and 29, 2026. To learn more and register: bit.ly/4xSlmCK

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Deadline Approaching: CFP for "Empires in Early American History" Submission deadline: September 1, 2026 Conference: April 29–May 1, 2027 Sponsors: The Lawrence Henry Gipson Institute for Eighteenth-Century Studies and The McNeil Center for Early American Studies. bit.ly/4fDCxAt

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Announcing Liz Ellis as a new co-editor of the EAS book series! And many, many thanks to Daniel K. Richter for his tremendous impact in shaping the series over the past 26 years. Read more at www.mceas.org/news.

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Read our #Spring2026 #EAS journal issue, now on Project MUSE ! Available here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56826. @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Join Penn Professors Emma Hart, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Duncan Watts this Thursday at 5:30pm (online or at Van Pelt Library) as they address the power and impact of Thomas Paine's revolutionary pamphlet, 250 years after its publication. More info & registration: www.library.upenn.edu/events/commo...

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Common Sense at 250: A Panel Discussion

Penn Professors Emma Hart, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Duncan Watts address the power and impact of Thomas Paine's revolutionary pamphlet, 250 years after its publication.

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

If you are in the Delaware Valley area, an interview with MCEAS Director Emma Hart will air today on WHYY (91 FM) at noon!

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The Daniel K. Richter Summer Writing Retreat will convene for the first time in June '26 at the McNeil Center. Each participant will be awarded $4,000, office space, and access to Penn's digital library holdings for one year. Applications open until Jan 15–apply here: www.mceas.org/awards/danie....

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Join us at the Library of Congress on November 21st for a symposium reconsidering J. Franklin Jameson's "The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement" (1926). Registration and more details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1797806179...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, this year's Distinguished Benjamin Franklin Lecturer, will deliver her first lecture, "On Seeing and Un-Seeing Slavery, or Learning to Reckon with the Black Spots in Early Modern Art," on Oct. 20 at Penn Carey Law. Register to attend here: www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-benja...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Check out our newest episode of Early American Conversations, featuring Katharine Gerbner, now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/episode/7GoW...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

This week Emma Hart, Director of the McNeil Center, participated in Penn's "60-Second Lectures" series for Constitution Day, and concisely presented the history of compromises in the drafting of the US Constitution.

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Recently, Negin Farsad interviewed Emma Hart, Director of the McNeil Center, on the history of America's "Road to Democracy," for Visit Philly and TED Democracy. Full video here: www.ted.com/talks/visit_...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Tracy Barnett has joined @easmisc.bsky.social as our new Digital & Social Media Editor. Learn more about Tracy's scholarship and her approach to academic communications here: web.sas.upenn.edu/earlyamerica...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Check out our newest episode of Early American Conversations, featuring Michelle Craig McDonald, now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3BA0...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Next Wednesday, the Center's 2025 C. Dallett Hemphill intern Cristina Freire (Montclair State University) will present her research on the Chinese desk of Historic Wyck. Register here: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

The #Summer2025 #EAS issue is now openly accessible on @projectmuse.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/issue/5... @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

New episode of Early American Conversations! A conversation between Ellen Hartigan-O'Connor, author of America Under the Hammer, and Melena Laudig, our 2024-2025 Richard S. Dunn Fellow: open.spotify.com/episode/34zL...

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

While it's not reflected on our site yet (will be soon) the CFP for "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas" with the @easmisc.bsky.social & @mcneilcenter.bsky.social is extended until June 1st! So some extra time to send in your proposals, and check out the details here: theitps.org/event/taking...

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Taking Stock and Setting Agendas: A Workshop on Data, Digital Humanities, and Early American Studies – ITPS Research Portal

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Thanks to all who joined us this weekend for "Where is EARLY America?" This was our largest event since the opening of the Center's facility in 2005, and we're grateful to the 120+ scholars who joined us to discuss America's earliest eras.

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Congratulations to 2024 Murrin Prize winner Douglas Winiarski! His award-winning Spring 2024 EAS article, “Revisioning the Shawnee Prophet” is available on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic... @pennpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @easmisc.bsky.social

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

It's been a huge year of prizes for books in the Early American Studies series, published by the Center and @pennpress.bsky.social. Congratulations to all our deserving authors!

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The ITPS (Institute for Thomas Paine Studies) @theitps.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Join the #ITPS, along with @easmisc.bsky.social & @mcneilcenter.bsky.social virtually or in-person for a workshop this September, "Taking Stock and Setting Agendas: A Workshop on Data, Digital Humanities, and Early American Studies": mailchi.mp/sas.upenn.ed...

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CFP: Taking Stock and Setting Agendas: A Workshop on Data, Digital Humanities, and Early American Studies

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

#EAS remembers the life of Stevie Wolf and her contributions to early American studies in our roundtable - A Tribute to Stephanie Grauman Wolf, 1931‒2024 - on @easmisc.bsky.social @pennpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social #MCEAS

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#EAS honors the life and contributions of Stevie Wolf in our newest roundtable - A Tribute to Stephanie Grauman Wolf, 1931‒2024 - on @easmisc.bsky.social. Read the introduction here: web.sas.upenn.edu/earlyamerica... @pennpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social #MCEAS

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The McNeil Center and Penn Press are pleased to announce that BJ Lillis has been awarded our inaugural MCEAS Dissertation Prize. Learn more about BJ's work and the prize here: www.mceas.org/news/2025/03....

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Big news! Issues of Early American Studies (@easmisc.bsky.social) are now publishing #OpenAccess on ProjectMuse. Our latest winter 2025 issue can be freely viewed here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54263.

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Project MUSE - Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal-Volume 23, Issue 1, Winter 2025

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The #Winter2025 #EAS issue - A New Kind of #AmericanRevolution - is now openly accessible on @ProjectMUSE’s Subscribe to Open Program for more #OpenAccess! muse.jhu.edu/issue/54263 @mcneilcenter

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Early American Studies @easmisc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#EAS is happy to announce the publication of our special #Winter2025 issue featuring the #AmericanRevolution as we approach its 250th anniversary. Find it on @projectmuse.bsky.social at this link: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54263 @pennpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social #MCEAS

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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Conference socks for today are thanks to @mcneilcenter.bsky.social. #VastEarlyAmerica

A man’s foot wearing a blue sock with the Pig of Knowledge, the unofficial mascot of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Applications are open until 2/15 for our October conference on the history of the US Navy & Marine Corps! www.mceas.org/navigating-p...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We're looking for historic sites in the Philly region interested in employing undergraduate interns to carry out public-facing history initiatives this summer––and we'll provide $3,000 toward each intern's stipend. Learn more and submit site partner applications here: www.mceas.org/index.php/co...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Registration is now open for our inaugural Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lectures, by David Waldstreicher! Join us in Philly this November. www.eventbrite.com/e/benjamin-f...

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Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lectures

David Waldstreicher will inaugurate the McNeil Center for Early American Studies' new series with three lectures on November 4, 6, and 7.

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Join us in Philly next May for a conference on early early America! Proposals due August 30th. More info here: www.mceas.org/events/2025/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Join us at the Center tomorrow for a seminar by our Barra Postdoc, Phillip! www.mceas.org/events/2024/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

An anonymous donor has generously offered to *match* donations to our Richter Fund between 4/1 and 6/30 up to $50k. The Richter Fund honors the legacy of Dan Richter by providing summer funding & writing retreats for early career scholars. Donate here! mceas.org/richter-fund

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

The McNeil Center & The University of Pennsylvania Press will inaugurate a new prize this summer for an exceptional dissertation in early American studies. The award includes a book contract, research funds, and a manuscript workshop at the Center. Applications open August 1!

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 21/03/2024

Join us at the Center tomorrow for a seminar with Christopher Brown! Register here: www.mceas.org/events/2024/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

The McNeil Center will debut the first endowed lecture series in the field of early American Studies: the Benjamin Franklin Distinguished Lectures. Please join us in Nov. 2024 for the inaugural lectures, to be given by David Waldstreicher. More info here: tinyurl.com/55z4n7ud

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

We're so pleased to be hosting a seminar on 2/23 with Sarah Barringer Gordon! Register here: www.mceas.org/index.php/ev...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Join us at the American Philosophical Society tomorrow at 3pm for Hayley Negrin's seminar: "'Exile Here'—Native Geographies of Slavery in Early Virginia." www.mceas.org/events/2024/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Join us tomorrow at the Center for the inaugural seminar of the semester, featuring Simon Middleton from William & Mary! More info here: mceas.org/events/2024/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

Join us tomorrow for our final seminar of the semester!

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

This Giving Tuesday, support research in early American studies by becoming a Friend of the McNeil Center: mceas.org/become-friend

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Now open: our application for '24-25 dissertation fellows! At least eight pre-doctoral fellows will be appointed, with a $30k stipend, office space at the Center, and full library privileges at Penn. www.mceas.org/fellowships/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Tomorrow! Register here: www.mceas.org/events/2023/...

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McNeil Center for Early American Studies @mcneilcenter.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

Join us tomorrow at OIEAHC's conference for a conversation on the relationship between 250th commemorations of the American Revolution and scholarship on the eras before 1750. Will be lively!

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