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We support the scholars and scholarship of early America, broadly understood to mean the Atlantic World between roughly the 1480s and 1820. We publish the William and Mary Quarterly and a series of award-winning books as well as sponsor conferences & more.

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · 5d

We are diving back in to another season of OI Coffeehouses, Vast Early America! Come check them out - two have application deadlines of midnight, October 12, so apply now! oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

OI Coffeehouse - OIEAHC

Begun in winter 2021 as a way of bringing people together virtually while the pandemic kept us apart physically, the OI Coffeehouse has proven a valuable online gathering place for many in the early A...

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · 19d

The Forest History Society's Blegen Article Award has gone to Eric Herschthal and John L. Brooke for their WMQ article “The Plantation Carbon Complex: Slavery and the Origins of Climate Change in the Early Modern British Atlantic” (April 2024). Congratulations to both! lnkd.in/ePkYr5nt

3D SER., 81, No. 2 (April 2024) - OIEAHC

THE FRANKLIN STOVE: MODERN MATERIALITY, MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA Joyce E. Chaplin Abstract 219 THE PLANTATION CARBON COMPLEX: SLAVERY AND THE ORIGINS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EARLY MODERN BRITISH ATLANTIC...

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · Sep 4

Still time to apply for the 2026 WMQ-EMSI workshop at the Huntington Library. Proposals due Sept. 15:🗃️

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WMQ-EMSI 2026 Workshop - OIEAHC

Apply by September 15, 2025, for the WMQ-EMSI Workshop—"Global Early America before 1700"—convened by Alison Games. Workshop convenes January 30-31, 2026.

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Apr 2

What he says!

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Mar 18

Little less than a month left to get your proposal in for "WARTIME TRANSFORMATIONS" the 4th in the "For 2026" series. What better time to discuss the AmRev than now and where better than Williamsburg? CFP closes 4/15. bit.ly/3Fk6Rl5

For 2026: Wartime Transformations - OIEAHC

Join us this October for the fourth "For 2026" conference. Call for Proposals now open. Proposals due April 15, 2025.

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Mar 9

Thanks for catching that! We will get it fixed!

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Mar 4

In or around Williamsburg VA tomorrow afternoon? We may not have a huge bridge, hip restaurants, or even any restaurants -hip or not- open after about 9 pm but! we DO have none other than MARLENE DAUT coming to speak! Join us!
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Vast Early America Lecture with Marlene Daut - OIEAHC

Talk by award-winning author Marlene Daut (Yale University) on March 5, 2025, at Hennage Auditorium, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA.

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Jim Ambuske @jimambuske.bsky.social · Mar 3

We've had two great @oieahc.bsky.social DH Coffeehouse sessions so far this term featuring two compelling projects on slavery, archives, artificial intelligence, and the orality of early America. Check out Jane Landers, Daniel Genkins, and Sophie White. More to come!

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Mar 3

Excited to announce that Sara E. Johnson has won the 2024 P. Sterling Stuckey Book Prize from the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)! Congratulations, Prof. Johnson!

OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Feb 28

And another great lecture next week - join us for the Vast Early America Lecture with Marlene Daut, "A King's World: The Rise and Fall of Haiti's King Henry Christophe." Hennage Aud., Art Museums of Colonial Wmsbg, 5:00 pm on WEDS, MARCH 5. oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

Vast Early America Lecture with Marlene Daut - OIEAHC

Talk by award-winning author Marlene Daut (Yale University) on March 5, 2025, at Hennage Auditorium, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA.

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OIEAHC (Omohundro Institute) @oieahc.bsky.social · Feb 24

If you are in the Williamsburg area then join us on Thursday, 2/27, at 5 pm for a talk by the APS's Pat Spero on Andre Michaux, "The Scientist Turned Spy" - bit.ly/oi-lecture-s...