Author: Holly White

Holly studies the history of childhood, youth, age, and life stage in the Early Republic. She completed her PhD in Early American History at the College of William & Mary in 2017. Currently, she works at the OI as the assistant editor for Lapidus Initiative Communications and as an assistant producer on Ben Franklin's World, a podcast about Early America.

VCEA 6th Annual Meeting January 25th, 2020 University of Richmond Jepson Alumni Center, 49 Crenshaw Way, Richmond, VA 23173 9:00 am – 10:45 am Intensive Workshop (Closed Session) 11am-12:30 AM Welcome:  S. Max Edelson, Professor of History, University of Virginia and 2020 VCEA Program Committee Chair Keynote Roundtable: “Reckoning with Slavery at Virginia’s Universities” Niya […]

We are delighted to announce that the Virginia Consortium of Early Americanists (VCEA) will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, January 25, 2020. Our good friends at the University of Richmond will serve as our hosts for what promises to be another exciting day of conversation and scholarship. We invite all scholars of Early American […]

We’ve asked those attending VCEA 2019 to provide a brief description of their research interests to facilitate networking opportunities during the meeting. Please see below for the information: James Ambuske (ambuske@law.virginia.edu) Era of the American Revolution, Transatlantic legal history, Digital History Frances Bell (frbell@email.wm.edu) THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION IN THE ATLANTIC WORLD – specifically, refugees from […]

This year’s VCEA Meeting will take place on the third floor of VCU’s James Branch Cabell Library, 910 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284. On entering the library, you will see stairs to your left and elevators straight ahead. Please find below a map showing the location of the Cabell Library (circled in red). Paid parking […]

We are delighted to announce that the Virginia Consortium of Early Americanists (VCEA) will hold its annual meeting on January 26, 2019, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Avenue, Richmond, VA 23284. Our good friends at the VCU Humanities Research Center and the VCU Libraries will serve as our hosts for […]

  Several members of the Omohundro Institute’s Council have agreed to offer their time on Friday, May 4, to assist early career scholars with questions regarding their scholarship and/or professional development, including scholarly works in progress, fellowship applications, publication queries, and conference proposals. Participants are invited to send up to five pages of a work […]