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Although the MHS will continue to post on this platform, we have also opened a Bluesky account. Find us at MHS1791.bsky.social #MHS1791

Join the MHS tonight, 12.3.2024, at 5 PM ET, for The Great Tribadism Controversy of 1895 & the Invention of Sexual Deviance, with @activisthistory, with comment by Benjamin Kahan, Louisiana State University. Register here: masshist.org/events/great-t… #MHS1791 MHS Research

Join the MHS tonight, 3 December 2024, in person at 5:30 PM ET, for Boston’s Parks & Public Spaces, with Professor Andrew Robichaud and students from Boston University. Register here: masshist.org/events/Bostons… #MHS1791

The MHS will award over 25 fellowships next year. Learn more about our four fellowship programs and apply today: masshist.org/research/fello… The first deadline for National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored long-term fellowships is 15 January 2025: masshist.org/research/fello…

Join the MHS tonight, 4 December 2024, online at 6:00 PM ET, for A Revolutionary Woman: Elizabeth Freeman & the Abolition of Slavery in the North, with Donna Tesiero. Register here: masshist.org/events/revolut… #MHS1791 #AuthorTalk

Join the MHS tonight, 5 December 2024, online or in person at 5:00 PM ET, for Family Romance: John Singer Sargent & The Wertheimers, with Jean Strouse, author, in conversation with Dr. Natalie Dykstra. Register here: masshist.org/events/family-… #MHS1791 #Seminar

Today, 5 December, is the last day for Members & Honorary Fellows to register for the 12 December Holiday Party! Register here: masshist.org/events/holiday… #MHS1791 #Members

"Everything about history tells us that most things don't work out", historian Jon Meacham evaluated during a Massachusetts Historical Society talk in 2020. Learn more about his thinking watching the video here and/or the full talk here: bit.ly/4ghhxPt

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Massachusetts Historical Society welcomes Eric P. Totten of the University of Arkansas. He has the honor of being the Historical Society's 1,000th Research Fellow! Join the distinguished list of Research Fellows. Applications for the 2025 Fellowship season are now open: masshist.org/research/fello…

This seminar has been postponed. Please stay tuned for a new date in the spring semester.

The Boston Tea Party took place on this day 251 years ago. Angry colonists boarded 3 ships & dumped 342 chests of tea into the sea to protest Parliament's tax on tea. This defining event in history & the retaliatory acts that followed ensured colonial support for the Revolution🇺🇸

The deadline for our National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored research/writing fellowships is fast approaching (15 Jan 2025). Learn more and apply today: masshist.org/research/fello…. Happy to answer any questions that you may have.

We have a new podcast that launched yesterday! Historians & Their Histories asks our Research Fellows about their current projects as well as their own paths to becoming students of history. New episodes every first & third Monday of each month: masshist.org/podcast-hath

In the next episode of our podcast, The Object of History, airing on 15 Jan 2025, we visit Old North and learn about how a playwright recently used their papers Massachusetts Historical Society to develop a captivating performance. Download wherever you listen to podcasts.

This piece in The Boston Globe highlights why our collections matter. We are grateful to the researchers who are casting light on the Black women who lived at the Home for Aged Colored Women. Explore the Home for Aged Colored Women Records on our website: masshist.org/collection-gui…

🎙️In the newest episode of the Object of History podcast, we visit the Bulfinch Building at the Massachusetts General Hospital to examine one of the most significant discoveries in modern medicine. Listen on streaming platforms or our website:  masshist.org/podcast/season…

The “1775: Rebels, Rights and Revolution” exhibit is now open! For the American Revolution’s 250th anniversary, explore items from the MHS collection that provide insight into key figures and events from the revolution's beginnings in Massachusetts. masshist.org/250

Join us at the MHS as we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month with "Creating Culture in America: AAPI Diaspora Lives." Register and learn more about this event: masshist.org/events/AAPI-20…

Join us on May 19 as historian Ashli White makes surprising connections between French objects and their influence on political movements throughout the revolutionary Atlantic World, including mementos from Lafayette’s 1824-1825 American tour. Register: masshist.org/events/fiori-l…