In Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States, Kirsten Wood explores how Americans' use taverns in their pursuits of happiness helped flesh out the evolving meaning of citizenship in the young United States. In this talk, she looks at the years following the Revolutionary War, when Americans continued to use their neighborhood taverns […]
Curator of Manuscripts at the Clements Library Cheney Schopieray, who developed a recent exhibition titled “Bloody Work: Lexington and Concord 1775," will help us relive this pivotal time in American history.
Please join the William L. Clements Library and U.S.@250 for a student panel and reception, hosted in the historic Avenir Foundation Reading Room. Student curators will discuss their experiences in creating a public-facing exhibit documenting various ways that people have celebrated the Fourth of July throughout history.
What does patriotism mean in today's America? Join Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University, for an evening of reflection and dialogue on the evolving meaning of patriotism and civic responsibility.
In this conversation, author Don James McLaughlin explores how phobia — first tied to diseases like hydrophobia (rabies) — became a flexible suffix attached to various fears and social concerns, shaping political, medical, and aesthetic thought from the colonial period through the early 20th century.
Switch up your study plans and lock in for finals at the Clements Library!
