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By Vanessa Holden April 10, 2018

CFA: SHEAR 2018 Graduate Research Seminars

REMINDER: Applications due April 20th SHEAR is pleased to open registration for the 4th annual graduate student research luncheon seminars. Reserve your spot for a free catered luncheon facilitated by two senior scholars in the field on Friday, 20 July 2018. These seminars permit grad students and senior faculty to discuss common themes, important areas of research, and the… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 3 min read

By Vanessa Holden March 20, 2018

Interview with Michael Blaakman, 2016 SHEAR Manuscript Prize Winner

Michael Blaakman is an assistant professor of history at University of St. Thomas. His Yale University dissertation, “Speculation Nation: Land and Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic, 1776-1803,” won the 2016 SHEAR Manuscript Prize. The Republic (TR): Since most SHEARites won’t be able to read your dissertation until it is published, would you please provide a synopsis? Michael… Read More

InterviewSHEAR 2017 11 min read

By Vanessa Holden March 16, 2018

CFA: Deadline Extended for 2nd Annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop

SHEAR is pleased to announce the second annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop and to invite applications for four sessions at the annual meeting 19-22 July 2018 in Cleveland. The journey from first to second book can be a difficult one. From choosing a topic for a second book to finding the time and support to research and write, the… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 4 min read

By Vanessa Holden March 07, 2018

CFA: SHEAR 2018 Graduate Research Seminars

SHEAR is pleased to open registration for the 4th annual graduate student research luncheon seminars. Reserve your spot for a free catered luncheon facilitated by two senior scholars in the field on Friday, 20 July 2018. These seminars permit grad students and senior faculty to discuss common themes, important areas of research, and the challenges faced by scholars in… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 3 min read

By Vanessa Holden January 09, 2018

Call for Applications: 2nd Annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop

SHEAR is pleased to announce the second annual SHEAR Second-Book Writers’ Workshop and to invite applications for four sessions at the annual meeting 19-22 July 2018 in Cleveland. The journey from first to second book can be a difficult one. From choosing a topic for a second book to finding the time and support to research and write, the… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 4 min read

By Vanessa Holden January 06, 2018

SHEAR Seeking New JER Editor

EDITOR: JOURNAL OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC Applicants sought for the editorship of the Journal of the Early Republic, a quarterly publication committed to the best scholarship on the history and culture of the United States during the early republic (1776–1861). Since its beginning thirty-seven years ago, the journal has carved out a unique and important position in the landscape… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden November 27, 2017

Final CFP: SHEAR 2018 in Cleveland

The 40th annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic will convene July 18 – 22, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. The program committee invites proposals for sessions and papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history and culture of the early American republic, c. 1776-1861. We particularly encourage submissions that reflect the… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 4 min read

By Vanessa Holden November 14, 2017

Interview with Caitlin Fitz, 2016 SHEAR Broussard Book Prize Co-Winner

Caitlin Fitz is Assistant Professor of History at Northwestern University. Her book Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions (2016) was co-winner of the James Broussard Best First Book Prize. The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your book, would you please provide a synopsis? Caitlin Fitz (CF): Our Sister Republics… Read More

InterviewSHEAR 2017 10 min read

By Vanessa Holden October 24, 2017

Interview with Jane Kamensky, 2016 SHEAR James Bradford Biography Prize

Jane Kamensky is Professor of History at Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In addition to winning the 2016 James Bradford Biography Prize from SHEAR, A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley (2016) was awarded the… Read More

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By Vanessa Holden October 12, 2017

CFP: SHEAR 2018 in Cleveland

The 40th annual meeting of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic will convene July 18 – 22, 2018 in Cleveland, Ohio. The program committee invites proposals for sessions and papers exploring all aspects of and approaches to the history and culture of the early American republic, c. 1776-1861. We particularly encourage submissions that reflect the diversity… Read More

AnnouncementsSHEAR 2018 4 min read