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Stated meeting.
3:00 p.m.
Open to the public.
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Marla Miller of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak on her recent book The Needle's Eye: Women and Work in the Age of Revolution. Followed by discussion and light refreshments. |
Friday, May 2, 2008
Graduate Students’ Forum
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Open to the public.
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Presentations of current research by nine graduate students in early American history with concluding remarks by Gary Nash, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California at Los Angeles. A light lunch will be served.
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Thursday, May 15, 2008
Special meeting
3:00 p.m.
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Daniel R. Coquillette, J. Donald Monan, S.J., University Professor, Boston College, and Lester Kissell Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, will speak on “Portrait of a Patriot: Josiah Quincy, Jr., and his Southern Journal.” Followed by discussion and light refreshments.
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Book Sale
2:00-6:00 p.m.
Open to members and guests. |
Great Books at Great Prices
One-day sale at deep discounts of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts long backlist (titles dating from 1910 to 1995).
Volumes will be priced at $10, $5, and $1.
Cash or check only. Sorry, no credit cards.
Excluded from the sale are all titles marked “Out of print,” “Contact UPressVA,” “Contact Oak Knoll Books,” and The Complete Works of William Billings.
Quantities are limited.
Light refreshments will be served.
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Saturday, June 7, 2008
Omohundro Conference
11:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Open to conference registrants.
1:00-3:00 p.m.
3:30-5:30 p.m. |
The Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and
Culture will be held at Suffolk University, June 6-8, 2008. On Saturday, June 7, two afternoon sessions will convene at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 87 Mount Vernon Street, Boston. The Society’s 1806 Charles Bulfinch-designed house will be open for visits by conference registrants from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
Session 6 ● All the King’s Men: New Perspectives on the Loyalists
Chair: Ronald Hoffman, Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
John Murray, Fourth Earl of Dunmore: A Case for the Biographical Exploration of Empire
James Corbett David, College of William and Mary
Voyagers to the Rest: Loyalist Refugees in the British Empire
Maya Jasanoff, Harvard University
“People of a ranglesome nature”: Loyal Black Methodists in Revolutionary Virginia
Cassandra Pybus, University of Sydney
Comment: Rhys Isaac, La Trobe University
Session 10 ● New England’s Revolution: Impacts and Outcomes
Chair: John Resch, University of New Hampshire, Manchester
Fighting for Independence: The Importance of Region
Daniel Scott Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago
The Enemy Within: Loyalists, Language, and Power in Revolutionary New Hampshire
Gregory T. Knouff, Keene State College
After the Revolution: The Impact and Experience of Veterans on the Maine Frontier
Walter L. Sargent, University of Maine, Farmington
Comment: Richard Buel, Jr., Wesleyan University
To register for the Omohundro Conference, visit http://oieahc.wm.edu/
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September or October 2008
Book Sale |
One-day sale at deep discounts of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts long backlist (titles dating
from 1910 to 1995) will be held for book dealers in September or October 2008. Date and time TBA.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Annual Meeting and Dinner
For Members only |
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Stated meeting.
3:00 p.m.
Open to the public.
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Speaker TBA.Followed by discussion and light refreshments. |
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