The School offers an American History Workshop series, Edinburgh-Virginia Videoseminars and an Early American Reading Group. Further information on each of these - including contact emails - can be found under this semester's integrated programme, below.Semester 2, spring 2014 Time/dateTopicSpeakerLocation or contact person5pm Thurs 20 FebWar without Terms: George Jackson, the Black Panther Party, and the Prison, 1961-1972Zoe Colley (University of Dundee)G200 (Seminar room 3), Doorway 3, Old Medical School5pm Thurs 27 FebAfrican American Urban History: Transatlantic OriginsJoe Trotter (Carnegie Mellon University)G200 (Seminar room 3), Doorway 3, Old Medical School1pm Fri 28 Feb‘The American Left,’ Transatlantic SeminarRhodri Jeffreys-Jones (University of Edinburgh)Seminar room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building3pm Fri 28 FebEarly American Reading Group-Frank Cogliano5pm Thurs 20 MarPatriotism and the Right to DissentFabian Hilfrich (University of Edinburgh)G.10, William Robertson Wing, Old Medical School5pm Thurs 27 MarVideo seminar-Video Suite, Main Library3pm Fri 25 AprEarly American Reading Group-Frank Cogliano5pm Thurs 15 MayRight Across the Atlantic: British and American Anticommunism between the WarsKathryn Olmsted (University of California, Davis)G200 (Seminar room 3), Doorway 3, Old Medical School, Teviot Place Semester 1, autumn 2013Time/dateTopicSpeakerLocation or contact person4pm Thurs 26 SeptEarly American Reading Group-Frank Cogliano5pm Wed 2 Oct“A dream of nightmare proportions”: The US, the UK, and the Pakistani nuclear weapons programme during 1979. (American History Workshop)Malcolm Craig (Edinburgh)Robert MasonTime tbc, Tues 8 OctPerpetual War? Presidential Power and North Africa, 1801-5. (Edinburgh University History Society Lecture)Frank Cogliano (Edinburgh)Frank Cogliano*6pm Wed 9 OctCaribbean slaveryPhilip Morgan (Johns Hopkins)Teviot Lecture Theatre5pm Thurs 10 OctVideo seminar-Video Suite, Main Library – contact Jane Judge*5.30pm, Thurs 17 OctWoodrow WilsonA. Scott BergTeviot Lecture Theatre4pm Thurs 24 OctEarly American Reading Group-Frank Cogliano1pm Fri 25 OctEmperor of Liberty: Revisiting Jefferson’s Statecraft. (Transatlantic Seminar, School of Social and Political Science)Frank Cogliano (Edinburgh)Frank Cogliano5pm Wed 30 OctAmerican unicorn: Ralph Nader and the politics of scale. (American History Workshop)Daniel Scroop (Glasgow)Robert Mason4pm Thurs 14 NovVideo Seminar-Video Suite, Main Library - contact Jane Judge5pm Wed 20 NovVideo Seminar with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture-Video Suite, Main Library - contact Jane Judge5pm Thurs 5 DecThe Idea of Surrender in the American Civil War. (American History Workshop)David Silkenat (Edinburgh)Robert Mason * The 'Caribbean Slavery' lecture and talk on 'Woodrow Wilson' are free but ticketed. Please book in advance:Book Caribbean Slavery lecture ticketsBook for A. Scott Berg's talk on Woodrow WilsonAmerican History workshopsThe American History workshop is an informal seminar that meets approximately four times each semester to discuss pre-circulated work in progress, normally a draft chapter or article.Authors (including our own graduate students and staff as well as visiting scholars from beyond Edinburgh) introduce their pre-circulated piece of writing with brief comments before opening the floor for discussion and feedback. Academics and graduate students from Edinburgh and neighbouring universities are welcome to attend the workshop.Please email Robert Mason if you would like to be added to the mailing list, or to request a pre-circulated paper. Prof Robert Mason Contact details Work: 0131 650 3770 Email: Robert.Mason@ed.ac.uk Web: Prof Mason's staff profile Edinburgh-Virginia videoseminarsSince 2007 staff and students at the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Virginia with early American interests (broadly defined) have collaborated on a number of research activities, including a series of postgraduate video seminars.During the video sessions postgraduate students from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Virginia discuss pre-circulated research papers. Videoseminars normally meet at 5pm. If you are interested in participating in the video seminars please email Jane Judge. Jane Judge School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh Contact details Email: j.c.judge@sms.ed.ac.uk Early American reading groupThe Early American Reading group brings together postgraduate students from Edinburgh and Glasgow to discuss seminal readings in the field—both old ‘classics’ and newer works.Rather than just another thing to go to, we intend that the group’s meetings should be intellectually stimulating and convivial—sociable in the best eighteenth-century sense. It’s an opportunity to read and discuss key texts in our field in an informal setting while also allowing postgraduates from both institutions to get to know each other. The group is run by professors Frank Cogliano (Edinburgh) and Simon Newman (Glasgow).The reading group normally meets at 4pm.If you are interested in participating please send an email to Frank Cogliano. Professor Frank Cogliano Professor of American History School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh Contact details Email: F.Cogliano@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-08-01
