Hosted by the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies (ITPS) at Iona University
September 27th-28th, 2024, New Rochelle, New York and virtually via Zoom Webinar
In-person conference registration:
Day One: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-american-and-digital-revolutions-day-one-tickets-989133343457
Day Two: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-american-and-digital-revolutions-day-two-tickets-989141598147?aff=erelexpmlt
Friday, September 27th
Registration and Information Desk: 8am – 6pm
Location: Atrium, LaPenta School of Business
Session One: 9am – 10:30am (hybrid session)
Roundtable: Teaching Beyond the Classroom
Chair/Commentator: Nicole Mahoney, ITPS/Iona University
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. James Ambuske, R2 Studios at George Mason University.
2. Josh Burnett, Gilder Lehrman Institute (to be confirmed)
3. Alexandra Montgomery, Center for Digital History at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at George Washington’s Mount Vernon.
4. Terrance Rucker, United States House of Representatives. (virtual)
– break: 10:30am to 10:45am –
Session Two: 10:45am –12:15pm (hybrid session)
Roundtable: History Communication in a Digital Age
Chair/Commentator: Adam McNeil, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (virtual)
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Emily Arendt, Montana State University, Billings.
2. Liz Covart, Innovation Studios at Colonial Williamsburg. (virtual)
3. Carrie Glenn, Niagara University
4. Brendan Gillis, American Historical Association (AHA). (virtual)
– Lunch: 12:15pm to 2pm –
Session Three: 2pm – 3:30pm
Roundtable: Teaching American Revolutions in the Digital Age in the US History Survey
Chair/Commentator: Ben Wright, UT Dallas
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Maeve Kane, State University of New York at Albany, “By Conversation with a Lady: Women’s Correspondence Networks in the Founders Online Database.”
2. Cameron Shriver, Myaamia Center, “Mapping Myaamia Landownership, 1795–1846 and Today.”
3. Molly Nebiolo, Butler University, “Visualizing City-Spaces during the Age of Revolutions.”
4. Marcus Nevius, University of Missouri, Columbia, and the Kinder Institute, “Who Stands in the Digital Shadows?: “City of Refuge” at the Intersection of “Old” and “New” Media in the Age of the Digital Humanities.”
5. Kyle Roberts, The Congregational Library, and Benjamin Bankhurst, Shepherd University, “New Media and Old Problems: Restoring Humanity in the Maryland Loyalism Project.”
– break: 3:30pm to 3:45pm –
Session Four: 3:45pm – 5:15pm (hybrid session)
Roundtable: Reimagining Teaching Historical Methods Through Exploring the American Revolution
Chair/Commentator: Lauren Duval, University of Oklahoma
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Georgia Brown, Fairfax Circuit Court Historic Records Center.
2. Alyssa Fahringer, Digital Scholarship Center, George Mason University Libraries. (virtual)
3. Anthony Guidone, Radford University.
4. George D. Oberle III, Center for Mason Legacies, George Mason University.
Plenary and Reception: 5:30pm – 7:30pm (hybrid session)
Introduction/Commentator: Ben Wright, UT Dallas
Location: Henry Lecture Hall and Patio and Atrium, LaPenta School of Business
1. Catherine Denial, The Bright Institute and Knox College.
2. Kevin Gannon, Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence and Queens University of Charlotte.
3. Rebecca Brenner Graham, The Maderia School and Brown University.
4. Jennifer Macon, Cleveland Humanities Magnet and Los Angeles Unified School District
Saturday, September 28th
Registration and Information Desk: 8am – 6pm
Location: Atrium, LaPenta School of Business
Session Five: 9am – 10:45am (hybrid session)
Roundtable: Teaching American Revolutions in the Digital Age in Upper-Level History Seminars Chair/Commentator: Mark Boonshoft, Virginia Military Institute
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Joseph Adelman, Framingham State University, “A Busy, Bustling, Disputatious Tone”: News Anxiety in the Age of Revolutions and Today.”
2. Sara Collini, University of Texas at Arlington, “Building a Relational Database to Explore: Enslaved Midwives’ Work in Early America.” (virtual)
3. Gary Berton, The Thomas Paine National Historical Association (TPNHA), and Michael Crowder, Texas State University, “Identifying “A Slave”: The Iona University Text Analysis Project Explores a Mystifying Letter to Thomas Jefferson.”
4. Whitney Stewart, University of Texas at Dallas, “Digital Public History at Three Presidential Home Sites.”
– break: 10:45am to 11am –
Session Six: 11am – 12:45pm (hybrid session)
Panel: Reimagining Pedagogies through Digital Platforms
Chair/Commentator: Alexi Garrett, St. Michael’s College
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Christopher Minty, Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia, “Beyond the Book: Reviving and Reimagining Naval Documents of the American Revolution.”
2. Benjamin Pelling, Kings College, London, “Investigating a documentary corpus with digital methods: An analysis of the US Constitution ratification debates.” (virtual)
3. Brad Rittenhouse, Stanford University, “Title Forthcoming.”
4. Daniel Watkins, Baylor University, “Religious Toleration in Enlightenment Europe: A Digital Humanities Project.” (virtual)
– Lunch: 12:45pm to 2:15pm –
Session Seven: 2:15pm – 3:45pm
Panel: Teaching Power and Identity in the Digital Age
Chair/Commentator: Khalil Anthony Johnson, Jr., Wesleyan University
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Zachary Conn, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, ““Teaching Historical Research Skills Through Lives and Texts from the Age of Revolutions.”
2. Kathryn Lasdow, Suffolk University, “Exploring Boston’s Revolutionary Past through Virtual Reality.”
3. Duangkamol Tantirungkij, Graduate Center, CUNY, “Navigating the Great Lakes: digital resources and strategies for teaching undergraduates about the formation of the US-Canada border (1754-1814).”
– break: 3:45pm to 4pm –
Session Eight: 4pm – 5:30pm (hybrid session)
Roundtable: Teaching American Revolutions in the Digital Age in Digital and Data Humanities Courses
Chair/Commentator: Nora Slonimsky, ITPS/Iona University
Location: Henry Lecture Hall
1. Dorothy Berry, The Smithsonian Institute, “Discovering Revolution in Digital Sources: Other[ed] Colonial Voices” (virtual)
2. Kyle Courtney, Harvard University, “Copyright and Historical Dangers of Licensing Regimes in the Digital Age.”
3. Brad Rittenhouse, Stanford University, “(Counter-)Revolutionary Discourse in the Age of Revolutions.”
4. Jordan Taylor, Innovation Studios at Colonial Williamsburg, “Media Literacy in Revolutionary America.” (virtual)
Closing reception: 5:45pm – 7:30pm
Location: Patio and Atrium, LaPenta School of Business
● Under the direction of Professor Adam Rosado, Iona University, this reception will include a live performance of music from early America, digitized by Iona interns in digital history at Mount Vernon, and performed by Iona student musicians.
A note of thanks: The organizers would like to extend our deep thanks to Sid Lapidus, who in creating the Lapidus Initiative for Early American Inquiry at the ITPS, made this conference possible. We also wish to thank Cornell University Press and the Robert David Lion Gardiner foundation for their support. The unique cover art for American Revolutions in the Digital Age was designed by Ashley Spurgin. You can learn more about her work at ashthedesigner.com. Here at Iona, we are grateful to the Provost, Libraries, IT, Marketing, Security, Catering, and Facilities teams, especially Ellie St. John, Aidan Callahan, Liam Geer, Joseph Minaya, Casey Hampsey, Jason Kattenhorn, Peter Tascio, Bill White, Chartwells, and Dr. Tricia Mulligan.
