by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 1, 2023 | History News
Timothy B. SmithA History Camp Discussion with author Timothy B. Smith about his book The Iron Dice of Battle: Albert Sidney Johnston and the Civil War in the West. It examines the life and career of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, focusing on his role in...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, December 1, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A History Studio featuring Bob Ainsworth, historical fiction author St. Patrick’s Day, 1990. Two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, December 8, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Ron Polito (UMass Boston) and Martha Mahard (Simmons University) They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if it has no date, place, or known face? Panelists Martha Mahard...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 16, 2023 | History News
Abby ChandlerA History Camp Discussion with historian Abby Chandler, who explores, as never before, the complex local and transatlantic tensions which infused the early imperial crisis in her book Seized with the Temper of the Times Identity and Rebellion in...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 16, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive
Friday, November 17, 2023, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Joanne Riley (UMass Boston) and Jane Stimpson (Massachusetts Library System) Heads-up – here comes Artificial Intelligence! How can generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, Poe,...
