Continuing the #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Chad Holmes with "The Power of Paper in the Early Republic." Chad describes how among other symbols of authority available to local officials like sheriffs, even mere scraps of paper held immense power: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/08/27/the…
Building on her work in the #JER forum on "Local Governance in the EAR," Nicole Breault shares how America’s police went from a non-professional night watch to a highly visible and professional force in a #JERComPano, "When Did the Police Become a ‘Machine’?": thepanorama.shear.org/2024/08/13/whe…
Our first #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano piece is from Gabriel Loiacono, whose introduction to "Local Governance in the Early Republic" takes a turn to "Let's Give Hog Reeves Their Due": thepanorama.shear.org/2024/08/07/let…
Kicking off our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Tom Cutterham with "The Unbroken Lineage of American Dynasty: From Revolution to Succession," Tom's take on the problem of American dynasty from C18 to current pop culture iterations.thepanorama.shear.org/2024/07/30/the…
Next in the #JERComPano series is “TED Talks Be Damned; Or, How I Learned to Build Bridges in American and African American Intellectual History.” Rich Newman shares insights from team-teaching a course on “John Brown’s America” with a philosopher: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%…
The #JERWinter2023 #JERComPano series continues with “A Lodge of Their Own: Creating an Indigenous Voice During Times of Turmoil.” David Martinez reflects on Indigenous thinkers who challenged the practices of American exceptionalism in the 19th century: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%…
Our #JERComPano series turns to a forum in the #JERWinter2023. First is Amy Kittelstrom, who reflect in “Invisible Whiteness and the Curious Persistence of Elitism in American Intellectual History” on the problems of an intellectually segregated field: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%…
Continuing the #JERWinter2023 #JERComPano series is Tim Lockley with “Black Americans in the British Army, 1795-1815.” Check it out⬇️: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/01/09/bla…
Beginning our #JERComPano series for the #JERWinter2023 issue is Yoav Hamdani with "Setting the Records Straight: U.S. Officers’ Pay Claims “Vouching” for Slavery." Including materials from the U.S. National Archives & Library of Congress, check it out at the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/01/02/set…
Rounding out the #JERFall2023 #JERComPano series is Dr. Todd Estes with "Back to the Future; Or, Whenever I Show up to Talk about the Past, My Audience Can Only Hear about the Present": thepanorama.shear.org/2023/09/25/bac…
The JER Pano, Connie Thomas revisits the ordeal of Charles Julien de Longchamps. Check out her #JERCompano piece to learn more about the realities of immigrant experience during the early republic's "open-door" era. Linked on the Octo! blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica
A new #JERCompano piece examines the enduring legacy of the apprenticeship in the modern workspace. The JER Pano, Mark L. Young analyzes the lingering "spirit of the apprenticeship" in "The Ghost of the Colonial Master." Linked on the Octo blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica