In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Ariel Silver tells us about female transcendental thought and its influence on other social movements of the nineteenth century. Prof. Silver highlights several collections held at the MHS that connect to reformers such as Margaret Fuller and Caroline Wells Healey Dall and their legacies. 

She is the recipient of an Alyson R. Miller Fellowship from the MHS.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-10-Silver 

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In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Brian Maxson discusses the research he is conducting at the Massachusetts Historical Society as a historian of the Italian Renaissance. He explains how a Renaissance-era manuscript made its way to the MHS and what it tells us about both Italian and United States history. Prof. Maxson also highlights how modern perceptions and identity shape the way we conceptualize the distant past.

He is the recipient of an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship from the MHS.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-9-Maxson 

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In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Ariel J. Wilks-López discusses privateering in Early America. Her research examines how the public perception of privateers changed between the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Additionally, her work highlights how public memory of privateering affected strategy in the American Civil War.

She is the recipient of both a Military Historical Society of Massachusetts Fellowship from the MHS and a fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-8-Wilks-Lopez 

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In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. James Hill makes the case for Native American agency and resiliency in an age of colonialist expansion. Whereas nineteenth century New Englanders propagated the idea that Native peoples simply disappeared from the region, Prof. Hill's research points to ways that tribes such as the Mashpee Wampanoag used legal means to push back against attempts to erase them from both society and regional history.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-7-hill 

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On this special episode of Historians & Their Histories, Megan Kate Nelson sits down with Michael Vorenberg to discuss how he entered the field of history. They also discuss Prof. Vorenberg’s latest publication, Lincoln's Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War, available on March 18, 2025.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-6-vorenberg

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In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, we sit down with Thomas Rider, a PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is also a recipient of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati Fellowship at the MHS.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-5-rider 

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In this episode, we speak with Susan Goodier, historian, writer and recipient of the long-term fellowship from the MHS, made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-4-Goodier

In this episode, we sit down with Kristin O'Brassill-Kulfan, an Assistant Professor of History and Director of Public History at Rutgers University. She is also the recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at the MHS.

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-3-OBrassill-Kulfan

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Episode Special Guest: 

Kristin O’Brassill-Kulfan is Assistant Professor of History and Director of Public History at Rutgers University. Her first book Vagrants and Vagabonds: Poverty and Mobility in the Early American Republic was published by New York University Press in 2019, and she is currently working on research projects about rent distraint, early American subsistence, and public historical interpretations of poverty. 

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In this episode, we sit down with Jordan T. Watkins, an Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University and recipient of the Marc Friedlaender Fellowship at the MHS. 

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Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-2-watkins

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Episode Special Guest: 

Jordan T. Watkins is an Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Slavery and Sacred Texts (Cambridge University Press, 2021), and he is currently working on a documentary history on slavery and religion in the nineteenth century. 

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Welcome to Historians & Their Histories, a new podcast series from the Massachusetts Historical Society. In this premier episode, we sit down with Blake McGready, a PhD Candidate at The Graduate Center, CUNY and recipient of the Mary B. Wright Environmental History Fellowship at the MHS. 

To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.

Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-1-mcgready 

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Episode Special Guest: 

Blake McGready is a PhD Candidate at The Graduate Center, CUNY where he studies the environmental legacy of the American Revolution. He has previously worked at The Gotham Center for New York City and for the National Park Service.

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