Binghamton University, State University of New York

This year we are organizing a bi-weekly Early American History Workshop (to 1850) for interested faculty and graduate students in Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania. The sessions will be held at Binghamton University on selected Fridays at 3:30 pm. The format of the workshop will be pre-circulated papers with a brief comment before open discussion. Any interested people are welcome to attend. You can receive an electronic copy of the papers by emailing Jason Gunning at jgunnin1@binghamton.edu or Douglas Bradburn at bradburn@binghamton.edu.

The schedule for the fall semester:

Sept. 19 “A Personal and Political Affair: Benjamin Franklin and the Coming of the American Revolution 1772-1775.” Christopher Pearl, Binghamton University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Room 1506

Oct. 3 "Removals: Reconstructing the Atlantic World in the Long Eighteenth Century."
Jeffrey Fortin, SUNY- Oneonta
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge

Oct. 17 "The New York - London Voyages of Francis Goelet: Social Mobility and Economic Declension in the Atlantic World." Matthew Williams, Binghamton University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge

Oct. 24 “There is graite odds between a mans being at home and a broad”: Deborah Franklin and the Eighteenth Century Home.” Vivian Conger, Ithaca College
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge

Nov. 7 "The 'Horrid Massacre' at Dartmoor: Foreign Affairs and American Self -Confidence 1815-1816."
David Dzurec III, University of Scranton
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge

Nov. 21 “One universal Father hath given being to us all”: Black Reformers and the Meaning of Africa in an Enlightened Age, 1787-1816.” Diane Cappiello, Cornell University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge

Dec. 5 "The 'Eutopolis' in British America: Imperial Imagination and Social Reality.” Dan Johnson, Binghamton University 3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Lounge