We are the Department of History and Cultural Studies at Roger Williams University.
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
21 Oct 2024
What can @MHS1791's 14 million manuscript pages do for you? Come learn about our vast collections at this free virtual program on 14 Nov. @ 1pm (EST). Archivists & librarians will provide an overview of the collections & answer your questions.
Register: masshist.org/events/info-ses…
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
19 Oct 2024
While Roger Williams has a university, park and even a zoo named after him, his wife Mary doesn't even have a gravestone. providencejournal.com/story/…
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
8 Oct 2024
Watch our next #LowellLectureSeries talk by @myrwu Prof. Charlotte Carrington-Farmer LIVE tonight at 6:30 on YouTube at the link below. Many thanks to our recording partners at @GBHForumNetwork who will also make the recording available at the same link! bit.ly/3ZtEIQX
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
31 May 2024
Dr. @acweimer has won the Colonial Society of Massachusetts' 2024 John Winthrop Prize for her most recent book, "A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire."
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
1 May 2024
Job opportunity! We are looking for no less than 3 PhD candidates investigating histories of enslavement, slavery and racialization through early modern court records from across the early modern European colonial (French, Portuguese and Spanish empires)👇iisg.amsterdam/en/blog/3-phd…
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Registration now open for OI 27th Annual Conference, “Vast Early America: A Transcontinental Conversation” at the University of Poitiers occuring from June 19-21, 2024! For more information: oieahc.wm.edu/events-overvie…
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
29 Mar 2024
Deadline extended to 22 April. If you would like feedback on a chapter or an essay, apply to present in our Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar Series.
Inquiries and application materials to seminars@masshist.org.
19 Feb 2024
Our #EarlyAmericanHistory seminar invites proposals (500 words & 3-pg CV) for sessions in the 2024-25 series. We welcome chapter-length papers focusing on any aspect of American history & culture from the era of first contact through the 1820s.
Due 1 Apr @ seminars@masshist.org
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
14 Mar 2024
#Congrats to #myRWU Board of Trustee member Lisa Raiola, @USATODAY's Woman of the Year for RI! 🎉
As President & Founder of @HopeandMain, she's transformed culinary entrepreneurship in the #OceanState, nurturing local food producers.
providencejournal.com/story/…
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
21 Feb 2024
New fellowship offering a stipend of $5k for 6-wks research @ the MHS on the social & cultural world of Boston clubs. Topics may include but are not limited to: art hist, architectural design, mat. culture, business hist, food culture, & club members as a cohort.
Deadline: 1 Mar
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Linked on the Octo: In his #JERComPano piece @TheJerPano, Tim Lockley expands on his article "The West India Regiments and the War of 1812" to share the broader history of the British Army's efforts to recruit enslaved men from the South. blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
12 Jan 2024
Fantastic opportunity to work with the amazing @_drsang and @jcwhittle1 examining the material lives of early modern folks. Not one but TWO PhD student ships available @exeterclio
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
29 Dec 2023
#myRWU is leading the way as the only #education program in R.I. with a cutting-edge virtual training program preparing students for teaching careers. 💻
Learn more ➡️ rwu.edu/news/news-archive/im…
ALT Kyle Villella ’23, a full-time Spanish teacher and M.A. candidate in Special Education at Roger Williams University, logs in to Mursion in the Education Department's model classroom.
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
18 Dec 2023
*FUNDED PHD OPPORTUNITY*
I'm excited to be part of the supervisory team for this project. Candidate will be based in @lborolondon and working in collaboration with Natural History Museum. Please circulate @syperek 's tweet ⤵️
#EnvironmentalHumanities
#ColonialCoral
#PhDfunding
18 Dec 2023
Excellent PhD opportunity for candidate with interest & experience in museums, co-design, ecology, decolonial thought & CORAL! Based @lborolondon & @NHM_London, fully funded by @TECHNEDTP and co-supervised by @ecoksenija @peteryeandle @NatHistGirl & moi! 🪸findaphd.com/phds/project/co…
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13 Dec 2023
Reacting to the Past “Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776” just wrapped up in Dr. Carrington-Farmer’s HIST 240 with a surprise Loyalist victory! 🇬🇧 👑 reactingconsortium.org/games… @ReactingTTPast @myrwu
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13 Dec 2023
Students in Dr. Carrington-Farmer’s Interdisciplinary Core Senior Seminar “A Kingdom for my Horse: Horse-Human Relationships in Context” enjoyed a field trip to the stables to meet Cara, and all the other horses at the Maglynn Acres stables.@myrwu
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
6 Dec 2023
RISHM Seeking Program Coordinator, p/t
College degree preferred, & an interest in RI history, youth programs, & public service. Outgoing persons & BIPOC candidates encouraged to apply. Hybrid work, grant funded @ $28/hour. Contact Charles Roberts at info@rishm.org. #HiringNow
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Department of History at RWU retweeted
22 Nov 2023
Please join us for the online book launch for Maritime Animals: Ships, Species, Stories (Penn State University Press, Animalibus, 2023), ed. by Kaori Nagai on Dec 8, 2-3pm, 2023 (GMT)
With Prof Santanu Das (Oxford) and Dr. Sarah Wade (UEA)
To register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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20 Nov 2023
Jerrad Pacette (Director of Historical Research and Content Development @RIHistory) came to talk to Dr. Carrington-Farmer’s @myrwu Honours CE Slavery in New England class last week about his research into tracing the lives of enslaved women in 18th-century New England newspapers
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13 Nov 2023
Department of History, SHAE, and Law School co-sponsored Joshua B. Stein Works in Progress Lecture:
Paul Waldau
The Animal Invitation: Science, Ethics, Religion, and Law in a More-Than-Human World
Tuesday 14th November, 5-6pm
GHH G01
In person, @myrwu Bristol campus
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1 Nov 2023
Heidi Benedict, @rwu_library archivist, shared highlights from the collections today with students in Dr. Carrington-Farmer’s HIST 360 class as part of a paleography workshop on reading manuscript sources @myrwu
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