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”