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Past Recordings

To access a list of books and resources discussed in each program, please find the link in the description on the recording page.

Panelists and featured guests discuss history topics in this webinar series. Learn more.

WHEN:  10:00 am Eastern Time, Third Fridays Monthly

WHERE:  Register at myumi.ch/gjgzR. In your confirmation email, find the link to join the meeting.

2023 Episodes

01/20/2023. Episode 51 – Family Secrets: Uncovering Identity in 19th-Century America.

Commentators: Grace Argo, Nidihi Gundimeda, Elizabeth Stafford, Hailey Brady, Maggie Vanderfold

 

2022 Episodes

1/21/22 Episode 39 – Author Conversation with Martha S. Jones, “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All”

Commentators: Martha S. Jones.

2/18/22 Episode 40 – The Varieties of Retail Experience; or, Buying Books in Nineteenth-Century America

Commentators: Paul Erickson.

3/18/22 Episode 41 – Women in Photographs

Commentators: Cynthia Motzenbecker.

4/15/22 Episode 42 – Legends and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier

Commentators: Gregory Dowd.

5/20/22 Episode 43 – The Importance of Companion Animals to U.S. Civil War Soldiers

Commentators: Marcy Sacks.

6/17/22 Episode 44 – Teaching Black History

Commentators: Latoya M. Teague and Dr. Richard Bell.

7/15/22 Episode 45 – Classic Food and Restaurants of the Upper Peninsula

Commentators: Russell M. Magnaghi.

8/19/22 Episode 46 – The Strange Genius of Mr. O The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity

Commentators: Carolyn Eastman.

10/21/2022. Episode 48 – Fundraising has a history you can tell through Objects

Commentators: Amanda Moniz

11/18/2022. Episode 49 – Seeing Red Indigenous Land, American Expansion, and the Political Economy of Plunder in North America

Commentators: Michael Witgen

12/16/2022 Episode 50 – Exploring Tooth Worm and Tooth Fairy Folklore with Curators from the U-M Dental School Sindecuse Museum

Commentators: Tamara Barnes

2021 Episodes

1/15/21 Episode 27 – Author Conversation with Shana Klein, “Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion”

Commentators: Shana Klein.

2/19/21 Episode 28 – “Framing Identity,” Representations of Empowerment and Resilience in the Black Experience

Commentators: Samantha Hill.

3/19/21 Episode 29 – One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”

Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson.

4/16/21 Episode 30 – Fellow Spotlight with Sarah Swedberg, “Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution”

Commentators: Sarah Swedberg, Jayne Ptolemy.

5/21/21 Episode 31 – Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region

Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels.

6/18/21 Episode 32 – Author Conversation with Crystal Lynn Webster, “Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North”

Commentators: Crystal Lynn Webster, Paul Erickson.

7/16/21 Episode 33 – Fellow Spotlight with Karen Marrero, “Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century

Commentators: Karen Marrero, Jonathan Quint.

8/20/21 Episode 34 – Michilimackinac: “Where archaeology and history meet”

Commentators: Lynn Evans.

9/17/21 Episode 35 – The Hacke ‘Pirate’ Atlas with Fellows Chet Van Duzer & Danny Zborover

Commentators: Chet Van Duzer, Danny Zborover.

10/15/21 Episode 36 – Book Fairs 101: the hunt and the hype

Commentators: Jay Platt, Garrett Scott.

11/19/21 Episode 37 – Native American Boarding Schools as a Tool of U.S. Empire

Commentators: Veronica Pasfield.

12/17/21 Episode 38 – Readings that have influenced Clements Staff

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Jayne Ptolemy, Claire Danna.

1/15/21 Episode 27 – Author Conversation with Shana Klein, “Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion”

Commentators: Shana Klein.

2/19/21 Episode 28 – “Framing Identity,” Representations of Empowerment and Resilience in the Black Experience

Commentators: Samantha Hill.

3/19/21 Episode 29 – One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”

Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson.

4/16/21 Episode 30 – Fellow Spotlight with Sarah Swedberg, “Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution”

Commentators: Sarah Swedberg, Jayne Ptolemy.

5/21/21 Episode 31 – Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region

Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels.

6/18/21 Episode 32 – Author Conversation with Crystal Lynn Webster, “Beyond the Boundaries of Childhood: African American Children in the Antebellum North”

Commentators: Crystal Lynn Webster, Paul Erickson.

7/16/21 Episode 33 – Fellow Spotlight with Karen Marrero, “Detroit’s Hidden Channels: The Power of French-Indigenous Families in the Eighteenth Century

Commentators: Karen Marrero, Jonathan Quint.

8/20/21 Episode 34 – Michilimackinac: “Where archaeology and history meet”

Commentators: Lynn Evans.

9/17/21 Episode 35 – The Hacke ‘Pirate’ Atlas with Fellows Chet Van Duzer & Danny Zborover

Commentators: Chet Van Duzer, Danny Zborover.

10/15/21 Episode 36 – Book Fairs 101: the hunt and the hype

Commentators: Jay Platt, Garrett Scott.

11/19/21 Episode 37 – Native American Boarding Schools as a Tool of U.S. Empire

Commentators: Veronica Pasfield.

12/17/21 Episode 38 – Readings that have influenced Clements Staff

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Jayne Ptolemy, Claire Danna.

2020 Episodes

3/27/20 Episode 1 – What We’re Reading Now

Commentators: Paul Erickson, Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh.

4/3/20 Episode 2 – Women and the Right to Vote

Commentators: Jayne Ptolemy, Estrella Salgado, Christina Karas.

4/10/20 Episode 3 – Part of the Story: Minorities in U.S. Military History

Commentators: Louis Miller, Jakob Dopp.

4/17/20 Episode 4 – Author Conversation with Megan Kate Nelson

Commentators: Megan Kate Nelson.

4/24/20 Episode 5 – Identity in Photography

Commentators: Gabe Konrad, Samantha Hill, Les High.

5/1/20 Episode 6 – Author Conversation with Sarah Blackwood

Commentators: Sarah Blackwood.

5/8/20 Episode 7 – Biographies

Commentators: Emiko Hastings, Peggy Harrington, Andrew Rutledge.

5/15/20 Episode 8 – American Histories and the Struggle for Equality

Commentators: Rex Hauser, Hayley O’Malley.

5/22/20 Episode 9 – Leadership

Commentators: Doug Johnson, Sara Quashnie, Straus Scantlin.

5/29/20 Episode 10 – Author Conversation with Chris Phillips

Commentators: Christopher N. Phillips.

6/5/20 Episode 11 – Collectors Corner: Miniature Books with Joan Knoertzer

Commentators: Joan Knoertzer.

6/12/20 Episode 12 – Reader Panel – Civil War Experiences

Commentators: Sander Shapiro, Jean Franzino, Jim Davis.

6/19/20 Episode 13 – “Battles of the American Revolutionary War” Reader Panel

Commentators: Art Acton, Tom Wagner.

6/26/20 Episode 14 – Fellow Spotlight with Scott Heerman

Commentators: M. Scott Heerman.

7/10/20 Episode 15 – Author Conversation with Martin Brückner

Commentators: Martin Brückner.

7/17/20 Episode 16 – Collectors Corner with Jack Deo

Commentators: Jack Deo.

7/24/20 Episode 17 – Author Conversation with Brian P. Luskey

Commentators: Brian Luskey, Dyke Benjamin, Paul Erickson.

7/31/20 Episode 18 – “Literature and Public Life in the 19th Century” Reader Panel

Commentators: Lisa McGunigal, Sigrid Anderson, Micah Donohue.

8/7/20 Episode 19 – Fanny Palmer: The Life & Works of a Currier & Ives Artist

Commentators: Stéphanie Delamaire, Clayton Lewis.

8/14/20 Episode 20 – Author Conversation with Daniel Livesay

Commentators: Daniel Livesay.

8/21/20 Episode 21 – PhD Students Studying American History

Commentators: Jonathan Quint, Zachary Kopin, Hunter Harris.

8/28/20 Episode 22 – Fellow Spotlight with Guillaume Teasdale and Andrew Sturtevant

Commentators: Guillaume Teasdale, Andrew Sturtevant.

9/18/20 Episode 23 – Collectors Corner with Kevin Hugh Lynch

Commentators: Kevin Hugh Lynch, Clayton Lewis.

10/16/20 Episode 24 – The Papers of William H. Busbey, Civil War Soldier and Newspaper Editor

Commentators: Ted Young, Linda Zimmermann, Cheney J. Schopieray.

11/20/20 Episode 25 – Writing and Publishing Inspired by Genealogical Research

Commentators: Wendy Chapin Ford, Sarah Messer, Kay Miller.

12/18/20 Episode 26 – Author Conversation with Martha Kennedy

Commentators: Martha H. Kennedy, Phoebe Gloeckner.