The Washington Area Early American Seminar will offer three seminars in the Spring of 2008:

25 April 2008,
Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore, MD.,
time to be determined.
[Jointly sponsored by The McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Department of History, The Johns Hopkins University]
Professor David Armitage (Harvard University)
"The American Revolution:  A Global Perspective"

8 May 2008,
7121 McKeldin Library, UMCP, 
7:30-9 PM
Professor Jane Kamensky (Brandeis University)
"Gilbert Stuart's London;  London's Gilbert Stuart"

 The papers will be distributed electronically a week to ten days prior to the seminar.

 We look forward to your participation in this seminar series.

Rick Bell
Alison G. Olson
Larry Peskin
Whit Ridgway
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007
7:30PM-9:00PM
7121 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland, College Park 
Professor Peter Onuf (UVa) "Federalism, Democracy and Liberty in the United States, 1776-1861"

Thursday, October 25, 2007
7:30PM-9:00PM
7121 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland, College Park
Professor Rick Bell (UM, College Park) "In extremis:  Slave Suicide and Anti-Slavery Activism"

Thursday, November 29, 2007
7:30PM-9:00PM
7121 McKeldin Library
University of Maryland, College Park
Professor Vince Carretta (UM, College Park) "The Limits of Evidence for Interpreting Venture Smith's Narrative (1798)"

We look forward to seeing you at these presentations.

Rick Bell
Alison G. Olson
Larry Peskin
Whit Ridgway