http://www.americanantiquarian.org Updates from the American Antiquarian Society 2011 American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. American Antiquarian Society http://www.americanantiquarian.org/navimages/bluelogosmall.gif http://www.americanantiquarian.org en-us Fri, 20 Apr 2012 9:14:12 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/booksinprint.htm Celebrating the American Antiquarian Society, 1812-2012: A Bicentennial History, by Philip F. Gura, has recently been published. Publications Wed, 20 Apr 2012 09:14:12 EST http://aeon.mwa.org/FAQ.html AAS has migrated to an automated special collection management system. My Web AAS. After April 30, all readers using collection material or requesting copies will need to have an online account. Reading Room Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:36:01 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/booksinprint.htm AAS has recently published Printing In New Jersey 1754-1800: A Descriptive Bibliography by Joseph J. Felcone. Publications Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:22:02 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/adoptabook12.htm The fifth annual Adopt-A-Book event will be held on Tuesday, April 3, at 6 p.m. Browse the 2012 Adopt-A-Book Catalog to view items up for adoption. Adopt-A-Book Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:53:36 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Ridgway/enter.htm Beauties of America is a visual catalog and record of the Staffordshire pottery of John Ridgway in the Society's collection. Online Exhibition Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:21:01 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro11.htm Joshua Kendall will discuss "Noah Webster and the Creation of an American Culture" Public Programs Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:35:20 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro11.htm Benjamin Carp will present "Teapot in a Tempest: Massachusetts and the Boston Tea Party." Public Programs Tue, 5 Apr 2011 8:52:20 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/recentscholarshipFeb11.htm The December through February list of recent scholarship based on research at AAS is now available. Research Mon, 21 Mar 2011 7:56:31 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Inventories/Revere/ An illustrated inventory of Paul Revere's works at the American Antiquarian Society is now online. Collections Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:23:11 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/adoptabook11.htm The fourth annual Adopt-A-Book event will be held on Tuesday, March 29, at 6 p.m. Browse the 2011 Adopt-A-Book Catalog to view 176 items up for adoption. Adopt-A-Book Wed, 9 Mar 2011 00:53:36 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/nehsc/index.htm AAS and eight other New England historic sites, museums, and libraries are collaborating on a series of weeklong teacher training programs. K-12 Education Tue, 1 Mar 2011 7:06:36 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/newhaven2011.htm The 2011 Semiannual Meeting of the American Antiquarian Society will be held April 15-16 in New Haven, Connecticut. Semiannual Meeting Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:34:31 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/sumsem11.htm Applications for Encountering Revolution: Print Culture, Politics, and the British American Loyalists are due March 11. Summer Seminar Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:34:31 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/chavicsummer2011.htm Picturing Reform: How Images Transformed America, 1830-1880 will be held June 19-24. The deadline for applications is March 18. CHAViC Sun, 6 Feb 2011 21:12:30 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/podcasts.htm Two AAS public programs, broadcast in their entirety, are among the video podcasts now available from AAS. Podcasts Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:11:20 EST http://www.common-place.org/vol-11/no-02/ Read about Anne Hutchinston, Civil War fiction, trompe l'oeil paintings, in the current issue of Common-place. Common-place Thur, 27 Jan 2011 6:54:25 EST http://www.chavic.org/Callforpapers.htm Proposals for the 2011 CHAViC conference Before Madison Avenue: Advertising in Early America are due February 1. Call for Papers Thur, 27 Jan 2011 6:54:25 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/annualreports.htm The 2009-2010 annual report may be read online. Annual Report Thur, 27 Jan 2011 6:54:25 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm Applications for AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Long-Term Fellowships and AAS Short-Term Visiting Academic Research Fellowships are due on January 15. Fellowships Thur, 6 Jan 2011 17:06:28 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/draper2011.htm December 15, 2010, is the deadline for proposals for presentations at the Draper Graduate Student Conference "Popular Culture in Early America" to be held March 24-26, 2011. Call for Papers Tue, 7 Dec 2010 13:28:18 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm John B. Hench will present Random Notes from a Book History Bureaucrat, the 27th Annual Wiggins Lecture. Public Programs Mon, 15 Nov 2010 5:35:11 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm#finkelman Paul Finkelman will discuss A Brief Narrative of the Case and Tryal of John Peter Zenger, one of the most significant publications of colonial America. Public Programs Fri, 5 Nov 2010 17:07:12 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/recentscholarshipAug10.htm The June through August list of recent scholarship based on research at AAS is now available. Research Fri, 29 Oct 2010 7:10:31 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm#ulrich Laurel Thatcher Ulrich will reflect upon some of the scholarly, popular, and political responses to A Midwife's Tale and consider its impact on her more recent work. Public Programs Thr, 21 Oct 2010 9:20:11 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm#miller Marla Miller, author of the recently published Betsy Ross and the Making of America, will discuss how she came to research and write the first scholarly biography of Ross. Public Programs Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:42:01 EST http://chavic.org/Upcomingconferences.htm The 2010 CHAViC conference Historical Prints--Fact and Fiction will be held November 12-13. Please register by October 29. CHAViC Tue 5 Oct 2010 13:03:41 EST http://www.common-place.org/vol-11/no-01/ Read about Phillis Wheatley's poems, Mark Twain's China connection, a popular Civil War blog, and more in the current issue of Common-place. Common-place Tue 5 Oct 2010 13:01:12 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/tahsecuring.htm Programming for Securing the Blessings of Liberty, a professional development program conducted with the Worcester Public Schools, beings this week. Teaching American History Tue 28 Sep 2010 12:44:44 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm Ilyon Woo will discuss the sensational story of Eunice Chapman and the key historical evidence she found at AAS. Public Programs Fri, 24 Sep 2010 7:24:14 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/annualmeeting10.htm AAS members will gather October 21-22 in Worcester for the 2010 annual meeting. Annual Meeting Thu, 23 Sep 2010 8:01:11 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/publicpro10.htm#philbrick Nathaniel Philbrick will begin the series of fall public programs when he discusses his new book The Last Stand on Sept. 16. Public Programs Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:00:33 EST http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-04/ An "extra" (vol. 10, no. 4.5) of Common-place containing three new book reviews has just been issued. Common-place Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:04:15 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/sumsem11.htm Philip Gould and Ed Larkin will lead Encountering Revolution: Print Culture, Politics, and the British American Loyalists from June 13-17. Summer Seminar Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:04:15 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/fellowships.htm Applications for AAS fellowships are now online. The Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship and Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers applications are due in October. Fellowship Applications Thr, 26 Aug 2010 18:00:05 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Reading/index.htm The new online exhibition A Place of Reading uses images and objects from the AAS collections to illuminate the spaces where reading happened in early America. Reading history Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:52:21 EST http://www.americanantiquarian.org/hob.htm A History of the Book in America editors David D. Hall, Scott E. Casper, Mary C. Kelley, and Joan Rubin discuss the project upon its completion. Reading history Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:50:21 EST