Upstate Early American History Workshop

Binghamton University, State University of New York
Fall 2009

Sept. 25 
|“A Commentary on Political Economy and Quackery:" War and Institutional Change in the Early Republic”
ndrew Fagal, Binghamton University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Commons, (1st floor beside elevators)

Oct. 9             
“Lt. Walter Butler: Butlers, Bogeymen, and Bosses on the New York Frontier, part I.”
Judd Olshan, Syracuse University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Commons

Oct. 23           
“The National Banking Acts and the Transformation of New York City Banking during the Civil War Era”
John James, University of Virginia
Meeting with Session on Social Science Perspectives on the Past
3:30 pm, in Lecture Hall 7

Oct. 28           
“Judging the Founders: Slavery and the Revolutionary Generation,”
Douglas Egerton, LeMoyne College
History Department Speaker’s Series

Nov. 6
“Going Dutch:  North-American and Dutch Trade in the Eighteenth Century.”
Victor Enthoven, Free University of Amsterdam
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Commons

Nov. 13          
“Little Founders on the Small Screen, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Next Big Narrative of the American Revolution.”
Holly Rine, LeMoyne College
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Commons

Dec 4              
“Confederate Women, Mental Illness and Suicide: The Psychological Toll of Defeat and Loss.”
Diane Sommerville, Binghamton University
3:30 pm, Library Tower, Faculty Commons

With the exception of the Oct. 23 & 28th talks, Papers presented at the workshop are pre-circulated and given a formal comment before open discussion.  All are welcome to attend.  To receive an electronic copy of a paper please email Michael Lipton at mlipton2@binghamton.edu or Douglas Bradburn at bradburn@binghamton.edu.