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Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture. Supports study of #VastEarlyAmerica via award-winning publications, conferences, fellowships, and more.

 Williamsburg, VA
oieahc.wm.edu
Joined September 2013
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What can an unbuilt canal teach us about revolution, finance, sovereignty, and empire? Kyle Jackson (@Mizzou) reviews Jessica M. Lepler’s 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 in the July 2026 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦: bit.ly/47FTUNK #BookReview #EarlyAmericanHistory
Book review of 'Canal Dreamers' with a man's portrait and map background.

ALT Book review of 'Canal Dreamers' with a man's portrait and map background.

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A 400-year-old dish depicts “AMERICA” as an Indigenous woman carrying a severed European head. In Commonplace, John Demos (@Yale) traces the image through cannibalism, colonialism, and Europe’s fears about the New World. Read “Dishing Up History”: vastearly.am/4zvC77v

Dishing Up History

By John Demos

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Discover our upcoming Vast Early America events. Join us Oct. 23- 24 in Williamsburg for the 'For 2026' conference, plus upcoming talks on Revolutionary history and the 30th OI Annual Conference call for papers. Click the image below for details:

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Can a comma buy time before a revolution? Find out in the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄, where William B. Ewald (@pennlaw) reexamines John Dickinson’s risky 1775 backchannel to Britain and the calculated ambiguity at the heart of his draft bill: bit.ly/4zQAJwJ #EarlyAmericanHistory
The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 83, Number 3, July 2026, pp. 467-480 (Article) Published by Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

ALT The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 83, Number 3, July 2026, pp. 467-480 (Article) Published by Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

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📣 CFP: 30th OI Annual Conference at @HowardU (June 17–19, 2027) Theme: "Diasporas, Dreams, and Dominions in Vast Early America" 🗓 Deadline: Dec 6, 2026 🔗 Submit: bit.ly/47DIJ7V #VastEarlyAmerica #OICFP2027 #HistoryConference
30th OI Annual Conference June 17, 2027 - June 19, 2027

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Newly discovered John Dickinson documents reveal a secret 1775 effort to prevent American independence. A new 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 forum examines the letters, draft legislation, and why reconciliation failed: bit.ly/4hWIM4P #AmericanRevolution
The Dickinson-Barclay Documents and the Last Attempts to Prevent American Independence

ALT The Dickinson-Barclay Documents and the Last Attempts to Prevent American Independence

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Join us Saturday, October 24, at the Campus of William & Mary Muscarelle Museum of Art (611 Jamestown Road) from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for A Talk by Kathleen DuVal (@UNC) entitled “The American Revolution and the Survival of Native Nations”. This evening's plenary is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Seating is first-come, first-served. Recordings will be available on the @williamandmary and @colonialwmsburg websites following the event. Learn more: bit.ly/4ym5mJf
Event poster for talk titled 'The American Revolution and the Survival of Native Nations' with photo of Kathleen DuVal.

ALT Event poster for talk titled 'The American Revolution and the Survival of Native Nations' with photo of Kathleen DuVal.

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New in the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄: Jack N. Rakove (@Stanford) on John Dickinson’s politics of conscience—his push for vigorous defense, renewed petitioning, and reconciliation with Britain as Congress moved toward independence. Read now: bit.ly/4ykGPUC #EarlyAmHist
John Dickinson and the Politics of Conscience Jack N. Rakove The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 83, Number 3, July 2026, pp. 439-450 (Article) Published by Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

ALT John Dickinson and the Politics of Conscience Jack N. Rakove The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 83, Number 3, July 2026, pp. 439-450 (Article) Published by Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture

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The 2027 WMQ-EMSI Workshop will be May 14–15, 2027 at the Huntington Library. Proposals for workshop presentations are due by November 15, 2026 Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/4B947Qg
WMQ-EMSI Workshop: “Synthesis and Early American History”

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What if Britain had answered the Declaration of Independence with a counter-declaration? David Armitage recovers John Lind’s 1776 proposal—and reveals the Declaration’s diplomatic stakes—in the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄: bit.ly/47QSK1G #AmRev @Harvard
WMQ Article: Contesting the Declaration of Independence: John Lind's "Outlines of a Counter-Declaration" (1776) by David Armitage

ALT WMQ Article: Contesting the Declaration of Independence: John Lind's "Outlines of a Counter-Declaration" (1776) by David Armitage

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Join us Friday, October 23, at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg Hennage Auditorium (301 South Nassau Street) from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for A Talk by Ronald Angelo Johnson (@Baylor) entitled “Slavery and Black Freedom in the Revolutionary Atlantic World.” This evening's plenary is free and open to the public, with no advance registration required. Seating is first-come, first-served. Recordings will be available on the @williamandmary and @colonialwmsburg websites following the event. Learn more: bit.ly/47d0ACz
On Friday, Oct. 23, Ronald Angelo Johnson will deliver “Slavery and Black Freedom in the Revolutionary Atlantic World” at the Hennage Auditorium in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.

ALT On Friday, Oct. 23, Ronald Angelo Johnson will deliver “Slavery and Black Freedom in the Revolutionary Atlantic World” at the Hennage Auditorium in the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.

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Did John Adams’s “piddling Genius” letter really grow out of a clash with John Dickinson over the Olive Branch Petition? Visit bit.ly/3VzQB7P to find out. @JohnDickinsonWritingsProject
John Dickinson versus John Adams in the Second Continental Congress: Debunking the Myth of Adams’s “piddling Genius” Letter

ALT John Dickinson versus John Adams in the Second Continental Congress: Debunking the Myth of Adams’s “piddling Genius” Letter

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📣 CFP: 30th OI Annual Conference at @HowardU (June 17–19, 2027) Theme: "Diasporas, Dreams, and Dominions in Vast Early America" 🗓 Deadline: Dec 6, 2026 🔗 Submit: bit.ly/47DIJ7V #VastEarlyAmerica #OICFP2027 #HistoryConference
30th OI Annual Conference June 17, 2027 - June 19, 2027

ALT 30th OI Annual Conference June 17, 2027 - June 19, 2027

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In the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄, Rachel B. Herrmann reviews Jack Bouchard’s 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎 𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑎 and its new account of the 16th-c. North Atlantic fishery and deduces that cod connected food, labor, water, Indigenous homelands, and European markets: bit.ly/4i2qm2t #VastEarlyAmerica @cardiffuni
Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World by Jack Bouchard (review by Rachel B. Herrmann)

ALT Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World by Jack Bouchard (review by Rachel B. Herrmann)

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Join us October 23 - 24, 2026 at the @williamandmary School of Education (301 Monticello Avenue) for For 2026: “New Republic, New Worlds”, where you'll enjoy sessions like: 📖 “New Methods and Challenges in Communicating the Revolution” (Roundtable) 📖 “Beyond the Anniversary: Building Lasting Public Engagement Through Teacher Professional Learning” (Revolutionary Educator Session) 📖 “Following Freedom’s Trail in the New Republic: Tracing the Descendants of Bray School Scholars Isaac, Joanna, & Clara Bee from Williamsburg to Wisconsin” (Slate Seminar Session) Learn more and register here: bit.ly/4rKeTbi
For 2026 in 2026 “New Republic, New Worlds”

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Updates from the Omohundro Institute! 🗞️ ✨ 30th OI Annual Conf at @HowardU (Due Dec 6) 🎓 Lapidus-OI and Fort Ticonderoga Fellowships (Due Dec 1) 📜 WMQ Editor search 🏛️ "For 2026" Conference in Williamsburg Read more and apply:

Join us at Howard University next June for the 30th OI Annual Conference

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William Lee rode beside George Washington into liberated New York. Harry Washington sailed from it as a free man. Melchior Baltazar’s new Commonplace essay explores two roads to freedom and the Revolution’s deepest paradox. Read “Two Roads to Freedom: William Lee, Harry Washington, and Living the Paradox of the American Revolution”: bit.ly/4rHDxJy #AmRev #BlackHistory
CP Article: Two Roads to Freedom: William Lee, Harry Washington, and Living the Paradox of the American Revolution

ALT CP Article: Two Roads to Freedom: William Lee, Harry Washington, and Living the Paradox of the American Revolution

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In the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄, Christopher D. E. Willoughby explores how racial thought became institutionalized in the Scottish Enlightenment in his review of Burnett and Buchan’s 𝑅𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐸𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡: bit.ly/4hmb07q @unlv
Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 by Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan (review by Christopher D. E. Willoughby)

ALT Race and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Colonial History, 1750–1820 by Linda Andersson Burnett and Bruce Buchan (review by Christopher D. E. Willoughby)

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Thursday, October 1: Join us at Omohundro Institute (427 Scotland Street) from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT for a colloquium with Glenda Goodman on Samuel Kirkland in Kanadasaga, listening, singing, and Haudenosaunee-British relations. Papers are pre-circulated—register to receive a copy: bit.ly/4rtvEqY #EarlyAmerica #Musicology #NativeAmericanDay
Colloq with Glenda Goodman

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How did missing data shape the U.S. Constitution? In the July 2026 𝑊𝑀𝑄, Edward J. Blum traces how population counts, tax calculations, and contested numbers helped drive the move from Confederation to census-based federal governance: bit.ly/4d4yXiy #EarlyAmHist @librarycongress @SDSU
"The Proper Data": Numerical Information and Mathematical Governance from the Revolution to the Constitution by Edward J. Blum

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