Colonial/Revolutionary/Early National America

Slaves dancing to a banjo

Early Americanists examine not only America but also the Atlantic world as a whole. Faculty members are particularly interested in race and identity, slavery, colonization, and revolution.

People

Michael A. Blaakman

(In alphabetical order)

Constitutional History

Cultural History

Economic History

Imperial History

Native American

Political History

17th & 18th Centuries

Fara

Fara Dabhoiwala

British Studies

Colonialism & Post Colonialism

Constitutional History

Cultural History

Gender & Sexuality

History & Public Policy

Intellectual History

Political History

15th & 16th Centuries

17th & 18th Centuries

Elizabeth Ellis Photo Credit Zoë McWhirter

Elizabeth Ellis

Indigenous History

Native American

17th & 18th Centuries

Elise Mitchell

Elise Mitchell

African American

Colonialism & Post Colonialism

Cultural History

Digital History

Gender & Sexuality

Imperial History

Medicine & Health

Race & Ethnicity

Sensory History

15th & 16th Centuries

17th & 18th Centuries

Latin America and the Caribbean

Sub-Saharan Africa

Barbara Oberg

Barbara Oberg

Anne Pollard, 100 years old, portrait from 1721

Wendy Warren

(In alphabetical order)

Colonialism & Post Colonialism

Gender & Sexuality

Theory of History

17th & 18th Centuries

Sean Wilentz

Sean Wilentz

(In alphabetical order)

Cultural History

Political History

Publications

A New History of the American South

A New History of the American South

Book cover The Early Imperial Republic From the American Revolution to the U.S.–Mexican War

The Early Imperial Republic: From the American Revolution to the U.S.–Mexican War

Myth America by Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer

Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

The Great Power of Small Nations Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South by Elizabeth N. Ellis

The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South

Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century US by Laura F Edwards

Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing and the Hidden History of Power in the Nineteenth-Century United States

As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon by Daniel T. Rodgers

As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon

New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America

New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America

Liberty, Equality, Power

Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877

Sean Wilentz, The Rise of American Democracy

The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction by James McPherson

The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction

News

Laura F. Edwards with her book Only the Clothes on Her Back

"Only the Clothes on Her Back" Named to The National Book Review's 5 Hot Books List

Ekaterina Pravilova and Wendy Warren

Pravilova and Warren Awarded NEH Grants to Support Advanced Research in the Humanities

Elise Mitchell

Elise Mitchell Joins Department of History as Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Keely Smith

Keely Smith Named a 2021-2022 David Center for the American Revolution Short-Term Resident Research Fellow

The World That Fear Made Slave Revolts and Conspiracy Scares in Early America by Jason T. Sharples University of Penn Press

New Book by Jason T. Sharples *10

African American

John Murrin; Photo by Amy Baxter-Bellamy

John Murrin, Emeritus Professor of History, Passes Away

Dickinson Hall

Wendy Warren Named Frederick Burkhardt Fellow

Colonial & Imperial Workshop

Colonialism and Imperialism Workshop

Colonial Americas Workshop

Colonial Americas Workshop

Rhae Lynn Barnes (Credit: Rhae Lynn Barnes), Michael Blaakman (Credit: David C. Williard), Iryna Vushko (Credit: Iryna Vushko)

Faculty Appointments: Rhae Lynn Barnes, Michael Blaakman, Iryna Vushko

'New England Bound': Warren Explores Colonialism and Slavery

New England Bound Winner of Merle Curti Prize and Finalist for Pulitzer

Faculty Book: Wendy Warren: A New England History with Slavery Unbound

17th & 18th Centuries

Wendy Warren: New England Bound

Wendy Warren Interviewed on WHYY's Fresh Air with Terry Gross on Her New Book, "New England Bound"

African American

Native American

17th & 18th Centuries

Sean Wilentz: Join the Party

Faculty Book: Sean Wilentz: Join the Party

Samuel Stanhope Smith, 1769

Samuel Stanhope Smith

African American

Race & Ethnicity

Events

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