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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 8h

Designed for scholars new to archival work, this four-day, in-person workshop will bring together graduate students and early career scholars specializing in pre-1900 African American history and culture. Application details available: americanantiquarian.org/early-african-american-print-workshop

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 17d

Please join us online this Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00 pm ET for “Banking on Slavery: Financing Southern Expansion in the Antebellum United States” by Sharon Ann Murphy. Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/1333

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · 26d

Our join us for our next fall public program! 🍂
Louis P. Masur will present “A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship” on Thursday, September 18 at 7:00 pm EDT. Join us in person or online by registering at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13158

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us tomorrow evening, Tuesday, September 9th at 7:00 p.m. EDT for War Power: Literature and the State in the Civil War North by Philip Gould. Register at americanantiquarian.org/node/13332

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our Fall public programs start one week from today! Join us as we kick off September's programs with "Politics and Memory: Civil War Monuments in Gilded Age New York" by Akela Reason. Join us in person or online on Thursday, September 4 at 7:00 pm. Register at americanantiquarian.org/node/13334

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jul 28

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, July 29 from 7:00-8:00 pm for a virtual public program “Whiskerology: The Culture of Hair in Nineteenth-Century America” with Sarah Gold McBride. www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13161

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jul 23

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, July 24 from 7:00-8:00 pm for a virtual public program “A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with Susanna Ashton. www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12909

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jul 18

Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 7:00 pm in person or online for “The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution” by Zara Anishanslin. Register at: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13322

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jul 14

Join us for this free, drop-in program tomorrow evening from 5-6:30 pm! Chat with a Curator: Finding William Lewis will feature Christie Higginbottom, Bruce Craven and Ashley Cataldo

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jun 13

Join us this Tuesday, June 17th at 7:00 pm ET for “Artist in the Archive: New Works” our Juneteenth program by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson in conversation with Deborah Hall. In person and remote options available for viewing: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13126

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join us this Wednesday evening, June 11 at 7:00 pm for “Revisiting Jonathan Edwards and the "Bad Books" Controversy” with Christopher J. Looby. Visit www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13122 to register!

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jun 3

Please join us this Thursday, June 5th at 7:00 PM in person or online for the inaugural Harry and Jane Dewey Lecture, The Pursuit of Happiness by Jeffrey Rosen www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13129

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · May 27

Join us on Thursday, May 29th at 7:00 pm for a Hybrid Public Program by Craig Thompson Friend—Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12758

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · May 13

Join us tomorrow May 13th at 7:00 pm for a Virtual Public Program by Bethany Hughes in conversation with Wendy Bellion—Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13055

American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join us, Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 EST for the Julian L. Lapides Lecture "Seventy Years a Bibliophile" with Justin G. Schiller. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12912

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Apr 16

Join us in-person or online for “The Declaration in Script and Print,” by John Bidwell on Thursday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/12911

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join us in-person or online for a symposium “New Insights on Isaiah Thomas,” on Friday, April 11 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/13049

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Apr 3

Join us in-person or online for “Democracy and History: Isaiah Thomas and Thomas Jefferson,” the Keynote address of the New Insights on Isaiah Thomas Symposium by Peter S. Onuf on Friday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m. EST. More information at americanantiquarian.org/node/13050

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Mar 26

Join us this Thursday, March 27th at 2:00 p.m. for a Virtual Book Talk “Feeling Singular: Queer Masculinities in the Early United States” with Ben Bascom. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12817

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Mar 18

Join us this Thursday, March 20th for Nicholas L. Syrett’s Hybrid Public Program “The Trials of Madame Restell: 19th-Century America's Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime” at 7:00 p.m. ET. Register at www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12815

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Mar 13

Join our team! Positions available:
-Executive Coordinator, President's Office and Programs
-Maintenance Assistant
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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Mar 4

Join us this Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m. ET for a virtual public program—Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women with Jennifer Rycenga
www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13053

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Feb 24

Join us this Thursday, February 27th, for a virtual book talk “Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature” with Bryan Sinche. Register for this free program here: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12755

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Feb 14

Join us on Wednesday, February 19 at 7:00 p.m. ET for Nneka D. Dennie and Kristin Moriah's virtual public program “The Many Legacies of Mary Ann Shadd Cary”—register for the free program: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12919

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American Antiquarian Society @amantiquarian.bsky.social · Jan 15

Join us for American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750-1850 by Eran A. Zelnik on January 23 at 7pm ET. Register: www.americanantiquarian.org/node/12908

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