To break down isolation among graduate students and promote
the sharing of knowledge, the Colonial Society periodically convenes
a forum during which graduate students give progress reports on
their research thus far and seek advice from an audience of fellow
graduate students and their advisors concerning problems they
have encountered with their research.
Colonial Society of Massachusetts
Graduate Student Forum Friday, April 27, 2012
Panel 1. Natural History of New England in War and Peace 9 am
Emily Kolmodin Romeo University of Chicago Women at War in Colonial New England
Tricia R. Peone University of New Hampshire 'Our American World': Cotton Mather and the Decline of the Preternatural
Kate Mulry, New York University, ‘Of Englands Interest and Improvement’: Natural Knowledge and Imperial Schemes, 1660-1688
Comment: to be announced
Panel 2. New England Foundations of American Slavery 10:40 -12
Kate Freedman University of Massachusetts,, Capitalism and Kinship:
Family, Faith, and Slavery in the Anglo-Atlantic World, 1641 – 1834
Nicole Saffold Maskiell Cornell, ‘A mighty Smile of Heaven upon my Family’: Slavery and gift exchange.
Matthew Spooner Columbia, Origins of the Old South: The Reconstitution of SouthernSlavery, 1776-1808
Comment: to be announced
Panel 3. Making Friends in Colonial New England 1-2:40
Ross Newton, Northeastern, Patrons, Politics, and Pews: Boston Anglicans and the shaping of the British Atlantic, 1686-1787
Samuel Biagetti Columbia, The Unfinished Temple: The Rhode Island Freemasons and the Masonic World, 1749-1803
Jill Sharon Bouchillon University of Stirling, Friendship Networks of John and Abigail Adams
Comment: to be announced
Closing Reflections 3 pm
Jack Greene, Johns Hopkins University
All Sessions will take place at Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, 10th floor.
Special thanks to the Society of Colonial Wars, Massachusetts,
and the General Society of Colonial Wars
Rave Reviews from Previous Participants: Previous keynote speaker John Demos remarks, “A wonderful new venue for young historians of early America; may it long continue.” Students comment: “The warm, positive feedback and direction I received fired my enthusiasm for research. It was truly invaluable” (University of California, Davis). “Challenging, and energetic; I took away practical suggestions from both the CSM membership and other graduate student presenters” (Tufts University). “How can one improve on stimulating scholarly exchange combined with wonderful food” (University of Connecticut). “It was my first presentation, and I certainly appreciated the comfortable surroundings" (Princeton). “A platform to voice concerns, dilemmas, and even accomplishments to a distinguished audience” (Salem State University). “My participation in the forum was really the highlight of my graduate career to date” (SUNY Stony Brook).
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