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Conference Program

Friday, February 7: Retrospect

Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1300 Locust St.

2pm: Registration

2:30pm: Opening and remarks, John Van Horne and Jessica Choppin Roney

2:45-4:30 The History of Early American Economy and Society, 1999-2024

  • Moderator: Brian Schoen, Ohio University
  • Emma Hart, University of Pennsylvania
  • Gautham Rao, American University
  • Lindsay Schakenbach-Regele, Miami University of Ohio
  • Andy Shankman, Rutgers University-Camden

4:45-6pm: Celebrating Cathy Matson and 25 Years of PEAES

  • Moderator: Jessica Choppin Roney, Temple University and PEAES
  • James Green, Library Company of Philadelphia
  • Daniel K. Richter, University of Pennsylvania and McNeil Center of Early American Studies
  • John Van Horne, Library Company of Philadelphia

Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St.

6pm-7:30pm: Toast and Roast of Cathy Matson

Saturday, February 8: Prospect

American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St.

9:00-10:30am – Reflecting on the Atlantic

  • Moderator: Casey Schmitt, Cornell University
  • Eva Landsberg, PEAES and Yale University – “Beyond Borders: Atlantic Perspectives on the American Revolution”
  • Manuel Covo, University of California Santa Barbara – “Colonial Monopolies and Transimperial Trade in the Greater Caribbean”
  • Fabrício Prado, College of William and Mary – “Early America and the South Atlantic: Reflections on Slavery, Global Trade, and Plunder”

10:30-11am – Break

11am-12:30pm – Speculating about the West

  • Moderator: Michael Blaakman, Princeton University
  • Samuel Davis, Texas Christian University – “Coercion in the Early West”
  • Franklin Sammons, Washington and Lee University – “‘Innocent Purchasers’: Capitalizing on Indigenous Dispossession in the Early U.S.”
  • Christina Snyder, Pennsylvania State University – “Tracing Anti-Slavery Communication Networks: Evidence from the Yamasee War Era”

12:30-2pm – Lunch

2-3pm – Keywords

  • Moderator: Scott Heerman, University of Miami
  • Jessica Lepler, University of New Hampshire – “Visionary”
  • Camille Kaszubowski, Seton Hill University – “Women’s Economies”
  • Sharon Murphy, Providence College – “Interests”

3-3:15pm – Break

3:15-4:45pm – Haggling over Markets

  • Moderator: Justene Hill Edwards, University of Virginia
  • Carolyn Zola, PEAES – “Amazons’ Marketplace: Female Food Sellers in the Early Republic”
  • Claire Priest, Yale Law School, “Looking at Capitalism through the Lens of Property Law”
  • Seth Rockman, Brown University – “Makers, Markets, and Mobilizations: The Labor History of Early America”

4:45-5pm – Break

5-6pm – Keywords

  • Moderator: Jessica Choppin Roney, Temple University and PEAES
  • Zara Anishanslin, University of Delaware and David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society – “Commodities”
  • Kenneth Cohen, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Smithsonian Institution – “Hope”
  • Christian Koot, Towson University – “Economic Ideology”
  • Michelle McDonald, American Philosophical Society – “Dependence”

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PEAES

The Library Company of Philadelphia
Program in Early American Economy and Society

APS

The American Philosophical Society

UDel

The University of Delaware

HSP

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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