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Equity on the Rocks: Using the Past to Stir Up New Possibilities Mackenzie Tor discusses the importance of municipal provisioning laws in this companion piece to her recent JER article.

How have liquor licensing laws shaped racial and economic inequality? In her #JERCompano piece Equity on the Rocks, Mackenzie Tor links Boston’s 2024 reforms to the early republic's Black oyster sellers, showing how municipal law has long structured who thrives. thepanorama.shear.org/2026/01/28/e...

How Past and Present Catch Up With Each Other Discussing his article on the election of 1801, James M. Banner offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past.

With an especially timely #JERComPano, Jim Banner discusses his #JERFall2024 article on the election of 1801, and offers a first-hand example of how current events can offer historians new perspectives on the past: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/10/23/h...

Blood Is Thicker Than Water: Black Family Networks and Slave Insurrections Justin Iverson recounts the ways that Black communities utilized kinship ties to mobilize rebellion in cases like the 1811 German Coast Uprising.

In our next #JERFall2024 #JERComPano, Justin Iverson recounts the ways that Black communities utilized kinship ties to mobilize rebellion as in the 1811 German Coast Uprising in “Blood Is Thicker Than Water: Black Family Networks and Slave Insurrections”: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/10/11/b...

Too Much Opera, Too Many Novels: Writing about Life, Death, and Yellow Fever during COVID-19 By exploring her own engagement with opera and literature during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Michelle Orihel makes a case for why historians might acknowledge the seemingly unrelated music…

First up in the #JERComPano #JERFall2024 is a timely essay from Michelle Orihel,"Too Much Opera, Too Many Novels: Writing about Life, Death, and Yellow Fever during COVID-19," where she considers the link between today's music & literature to scholarship: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/10/03/t...

“Unconscionable and unconstitutional”: The Supreme Court Is Using History to Disenfranchise Unhoused People Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan’s research on Overseers of the Poor in the nineteenth century offers insight into contemporary actions criminalizing homelessness.

Rounding out our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan's discussion of #SCOTUS and how the court is "using history to disenfranchise unhoused people.": thepanorama.shear.org/2024/09/17/u...

The Power of Paper in the Early Republic Among other symbols of authority available to local officials like sheriffs, as Chad Holmes demonstrates, even mere scraps of paper held immense power in the early republic.

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/t...

The Jack-of-all-trades Magistrate: Grappling with the Expansive Governing Role of Justices of the Peace in Early America Sung Yup Kim examines the importance of (and controversy surrounding) one of the most powerful elements of local magistracy in early America: justices of the peace.

Continuing our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Sung Yup Kim, whose essay, "The Jack Of All Trades-Magistrate," examines the importance of (and controversy surrounding) one of the most powerful elements of local magistracy in early America: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/07/29/t...

When Did the Police Become a “Machine”? The journey of America’s police force from a non-professional night watch to a highly visible and professional force is the topic of Nicole Breault’s newest essay.

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/w...

The Unbroken Lineage of American Dynasty: From Revolution to Succession Tom Cutterham explores the problem of American dynasty from 18th century examples to current pop culture iterations in shows such as Succession.

A fan of HBO's "Succession"? According to #JERSummer2024 author Tom Cutterham, there's more history there than you might realize. Check out his #JERComPano essay at the #JERPano to find out more: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/07/30/t...

Let’s Give Hog Reeves Their Due! As a companion piece to his introduction to the new JER forum on “Local Governance in the Early Republic,” Gabriel Loiacono explores the important, though often overlooked, role of loca…

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/l...

The Unbroken Lineage of American Dynasty: From Revolution to Succession Tom Cutterham explores the problem of American dynasty from 18th century examples to current pop culture iterations in shows such as Succession.

Kicking off our #JERSummer2024 #JERComPano series is Tom Cutterham with "The Unbroken Lineage of American Dynasty: From Revolution to Succession," his take on the problem of American dynasty from C18 to current pop culture iterations: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/07/30/t...

In our final #JERComPano essay for the #JERWinter2023 issue, Erika Peréz shares “Echoes of Spanish-Mexican Women in California’s Constitutional Debates of 1849”: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3...

Next in the #JERComPano series is “TED Talks Be Damned; Or, How I Learned to Build Bridges in American and African American Intellectual History.” Richard Newman shares insights from team-teaching a course on “John Brown’s America” with a philosopher: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3...

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%3...

Our #JERComPano series turns to a forum in the #JERWinter2023. First is Amy Kittelstrom, who shares “Invisible Whiteness and the Curious Persistence of Elitism in American Intellectual History,”reflecting on the problems of an intellectually segregated field: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3...

The Octo Blogging Early America Feeds from popular blogs selected by Katy Telling, Ph.D. candidate at William & Mary, and Joseph M. Adelman, Assistant Editor, Digital Initiatives

Linked on the Octo: In his #JERComPano piece
@thejerpano.bsky.social Tim Lockley expands on his article "The West India Regiments and the War of 1812" to share the broader history of the British Army's efforts to recruit enslaved men from the South. blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica

The latest #JerCompano piece expands upon the history of the British Army's efforts to recruit enslaved men from the American South between 1795-1815. Check out Tim Lockley's post @thejerpano.bsky.social to learn more. Now linked on the Octo. blog.oieahc.wm.edu/the_octo/ #VastEarlyAmerica

Black Americans in the British Army, 1795-1815 Visit the post for more.

Continuing the #JERWinter2023 #JERComPano series is Tim Lockley with “Black Americans in the British Army, 1795-1815”: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/01/09/b...

Setting the Records Straight: U.S. Officers’ Pay Claims “Vouching” for Slavery Visit the post for more.

Beginning our #JERComPano series for the #JERWinter2023 issue is Yoav Hamdani with "Setting the Records Straight: U.S. Officers’ Pay Claims “Vouching” for Slavery." Find it below at the #JERPano: thepanorama.shear.org/2024/01/02/s...