W&M History Graduate Students

The latest news about William & Mary History MA & Ph.D. students and alumni! Tweets from W&M HGSA

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

W&M History Grad students and Alumni, what have you been up to lately? Any news or accomplishments? Comment so we can celebrate you!

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

Join us on May 4th at 3:30pm as we welcome Sara E. Johnson for "Communal Biography: Reflections on Centering Stories of the Enslaved." Join us in person at Blow Hall, Room 201. Register: https://t.co/ltKwwPQsTq

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

Call for proposals for this year’s OI annual conference, from October 24-26, is open! Participants interested in our theme #For 2026: Virginia’s Revolutionary Histories & Beyond are invited to submit their proposals by 30 April 2024. Find more here: https://t.co/p8lol8dv50

[William & Mary @williamandmary]

Today we celebrate #wmCharterDay, the anniversary of W&M's founding via royal charter in 1693. Thank you for being part of a story 331 years in the making. Be sure to join us on Friday at 4 p.m. to watch the Charter Day Ceremony live. https://t.co/8bHJuGVaB1

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations, Jasper! 🥳

[Jasper Conner @gjasperconner]

I could not be more excited or proud to announce that I will be joining the incredible scholarly community @WoodsonUVA as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow. I'm thrilled about this opportunity to deepen my research thru connections with so many cutting edge scholars.https://t.co/k77fN3D9JN

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Belated congratulations to doctoral candidate Tamia Haygood for winning second place in the 3 Minute Thesis competition for the thesis "Beyond Black and White: Gendered Experiences among Runaway Women in Colonial Pennsylvania." 🎉

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations Andrew! 🕰️

[Andrew Abrams @AndrewPAbrams]

My review of François Hartog's newest book on temporality is up now on h-net

https://t.co/FEdvRGtlyr

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations to Peighton Young (@TheHistorian__), PhD Candidate and public historian, for being featured on local television broadcasting to speak about their research on Black History at Bacon's Castle! https://t.co/lnMePI3UfU

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations to Katie Boyce (@katie_loretta), PhD Candidate and @USGA Historian, for appearing this week on the @GolfChannel to speak on the history of presidential golf!⛳️

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

We're looking forward to @drvholden's lecture, "Survival and Resistance: African American Women in Nat Turner's Community," this week! We hope you'll consider joining us at @williamandmary for this event! https://t.co/USupjcAFGh #VastEarlyAmerica @WMLibraries

[Swem Special Collections Research Center @SwemSCRC]

The Special Collections Research Center at Swem Library celebrates Black History Month! Various collections of African American history have been donated to the SCRC, and we invite those interested to come and view our collections... 1/2 @WMLibraries

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

W&M HGSA is collecting a donation for @HHSwilliamsburg! If you'd like to donate, please bring any of the acceptable items from their list below to the box in Blair’s Grad Lounge before March 13th. 🐾

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

Coming up on February 7 is our rescheduled colloquium with Kai Pyle! Kai will be presenting “Two-Spirit Love and War as Indigenous Diplomacy: Ozaawindib in the Red River Valley, ca. 1800." Learn more & register here for this online event! https://t.co/OoToQzQwv7 #VastEarlyAmerica

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

New article alert! In WMQ 80:1, @HayleyNegrin explores how Native women navigated the distinction between slavery & sovereignty in the early South in "Cockacoeske's Rebellion: Nathaniel Bacon, Indigenous Slavery, & Sovereignty in Early Virginia." https://t.co/l2DqPXuBeG

[OIEAHC @OIEAHC]

We're looking forward to @drvholden's lecture, "Survival and Resistance: African American Women in Nat Turner's Community," at the end of this month! We hope you'll consider joining us at @williamandmary for this event! https://t.co/USupjcAFGh #VastEarlyAmerica @WMLibraries

[Alexandra M. Macdonald @AliMicMac]

Very excited to be heading to @TheHuntington for four months as a short term fellow along with @WMHistGrads @MAPellissier and all of the other amazing scholars on this list!
https://t.co/sdDoObKRX0

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations Emily! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So happy to hear this amazing news and wishing you the best of luck up North!

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Congratulations @e_p_wells on your dissertation research fellowship for “‘Keep Within Compass’: Geography and Girlhood in the American South, 1783-1865” 👏🏻👏🏻

[Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill @WilsonLibUNC]

We are so pleased to announce our incoming cohort of 32 Research Fellows and the inaugural cohort of 8 Primary Sources Teaching Fellows. Congratulations and we look forward to welcoming you! Read the full announcement: https://t.co/vQXPMo3BlY

[Swem Special Collections Research Center @SwemSCRC]

🌏Read Yasmeen Raffee's post about how the experience of Afong Moy, 1st known female Chinese immigrant, survives in the archives & the challenges (& possibilities!) that arise when researching marginalized people. @WMLibraries @WMHistGrads @WRLibrary https://t.co/DDGcYXeqkY

[W&M History Graduate Students @WMHistGrads]

Last week, our dept’s Modern America Reading Group was able to meet with Dr. Kirk Savage via zoom to discuss his work on monuments, memory, and representation. We thank Dr. Savage and all the professors who are willing to share their knowledge and thoughts with our department!