Past Events
Video recordings of past events can be viewed at this link.
Upcoming Events
December 18, 2025 • Stated Meeting at 3:00 p.m. Member Mark Peterson, Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History, Yale University, will speak on “The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History.”
February 26, 2026 • Stated Meeting at 3:00 p.m. Kirsten E. Wood, Professor of History, Florida International University, will speak on “Accommodating the Republic: Taverns and Citizenship in the Early United States.”
April. 16, 2026 • Stated Meeting at 3:00 p.m. Roger L. Hall, Director, Center for American Music Preservation, will speak on “More than Yankee Doodle: Songs of Patriotism and Protest in the American Revolution.”
June 4, 2026 • Donald R. Friary Symposium at 6:00 p.m. A conversation on the Material Culture of African-American History among three leaders in the field: Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and African Studies, Northeastern University; Alexandra Chan, archaeologist, author of Slavery in the Age of Reason: Archaeology of a New England Farm; and Kyera Singleton, Executive Director, Royall House and Slave Quarters. Thank you to Robert A. Hall for suggesting we host this conversation!
All in-person events take place at 87 Mount Vernon St., Boston Ma 02108 and are free and open to the public. They can also be joined online at https://bit.ly/ColSocEvent. To participate in an online-only event, use the Zoom link posted on this website next to the listing for that event.