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,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 3, 2023 | History News
Katherine HoweA History Camp Discussion with Katherine Howe about one of the most wealthy and well-known American families. The story of the Astors is one of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. The family fortune, first...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 20, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive
Friday, October 20, 2023, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Ken Turino (Historic New England) and Joan Ilacqua (The History Project) Too often, we schedule programs to check off boxes. Instead, diversity and inclusion should inform all of our...
