The Clements Bookworm: Online event for history lovers
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.
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.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
2/18/22 Episode 40 – The Varieties of Retail Experience; or, Buying Books in Nineteenth-Century America
Commentators: Paul Erickson. Access the Recording & Resources.
3/18/22 Episode 41 – Women in Photographs
Commentators: Cynthia Motzenbecker. Access the Recording & Resources.
4/15/22 Episode 42 – Legends and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier
Commentators: Gregory Dowd. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/20/22 Episode 43 – The Importance of Companion Animals to U.S. Civil War Soldiers
Commentators: Marcy Sacks. Access the Recording & Resources.
6/17/22 Episode 44 – Teaching Black History
Commentators: Latoya M. Teague and Dr. Richard Bell. Access the Recording & Resources.
7/15/22 Episode 45 – Classic Food and Restaurants of the Upper Peninsula
Commentators: Russell M. Magnaghi. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/19/22 Episode 46 – The Strange Genius of Mr. O The World of the United States’ First Forgotten Celebrity
Commentators: Carolyn Eastman. Access the Recording & Resources.
9/16/22 Episode 47 – O Say Can You Hear?, A Cultural Biography of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner
Commentators: Mark Clague. Access the Recording & Resources.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
2/19/21 Episode 28 – “Framing Identity,” Representations of Empowerment and Resilience in the Black Experience
Commentators: Samantha Hill. Access the Recording & Resources.
3/19/21 Episode 29 – One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”
Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson. Access the Recording & Resources.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/21/21 Episode 31 – Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region
Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels. Access the Recording & Resources.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/20/21 Episode 34 – Michilimackinac: “Where archaeology and history meet”
Commentators: Lynn Evans. Access the Recording & Resources.
9/17/21 Episode 35 – The Hacke ‘Pirate’ Atlas with Fellows Chet Van Duzer & Danny Zborover
Commentators: Chet Van Duzer, Danny Zborover. Access the Recording & Resources.
10/15/21 Episode 36 – Book Fairs 101: the hunt and the hype
Commentators: Jay Platt, Garrett Scott. Access the Recording & Resources.
11/19/21 Episode 37 – Native American Boarding Schools as a Tool of U.S. Empire
Commentators: Veronica Pasfield. Access the Recording & Resources.
12/17/21 Episode 38 – Readings that have influenced Clements Staff
Commentators: Paul Erickson, Jayne Ptolemy, Claire Danna. Access the Recording & Resources.
2020 Episodes
3/27/20 Episode 1 – What We’re Reading Now
Commentators: Paul Erickson, Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh. Access the Recording & Resources.
4/3/20 Episode 2 – Women and the Right to Vote
Commentators: Jayne Ptolemy, Estrella Salgado, Christina Karas. Access the Recording & Resources.
4/10/20 Episode 3 – Part of the Story: Minorities in U.S. Military History
Commentators: Louis Miller, Jakob Dopp. Access the Recording & Resources.
4/17/20 Episode 4 – Author Conversation with Megan Kate Nelson
Commentators: Megan Kate Nelson. Access the Recording & Resources.
4/24/20 Episode 5 – Identity in Photography
Commentators: Gabe Konrad, Samantha Hill, Les High. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/1/20 Episode 6 – Author Conversation with Sarah Blackwood
Commentators: Sarah Blackwood. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/8/20 Episode 7 – Biographies
Commentators: Emiko Hastings, Peggy Harrington, Andrew Rutledge. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/15/20 Episode 8 – American Histories and the Struggle for Equality
Commentators: Rex Hauser, Hayley O’Malley. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/22/20 Episode 9 – Leadership
Commentators: Doug Johnson, Sara Quashnie, Straus Scantlin. Access the Recording & Resources.
5/29/20 Episode 10 – Author Conversation with Chris Phillips
Commentators: Christopher N. Phillips. Access the Recording & Resources.
6/5/20 Episode 11 – Collectors Corner: Miniature Books with Joan Knoertzer
Commentators: Joan Knoertzer. Access the Recording & Resources.
6/12/20 Episode 12 – Reader Panel – Civil War Experiences
Commentators: Sander Shapiro, Jean Franzino, Jim Davis. Access the Recording & Resources.
6/19/20 Episode 13 – “Battles of the American Revolutionary War” Reader Panel
Commentators: Art Acton, Tom Wagner. Access the Recording & Resources.
6/26/20 Episode 14 – Fellow Spotlight with Scott Heerman
Commentators: M. Scott Heerman. Access the Recording & Resources.
7/10/20 Episode 15 – Author Conversation with Martin Brückner
Commentators: Martin Brückner. Access the Recording & Resources.
7/17/20 Episode 16 – Collectors Corner with Jack Deo
Commentators: Jack Deo. Access the Recording & Resources.
7/24/20 Episode 17 – Author Conversation with Brian P. Luskey
Commentators: Brian Luskey, Dyke Benjamin, Paul Erickson. Access the Recording & Resources.
7/31/20 Episode 18 – “Literature and Public Life in the 19th Century” Reader Panel
Commentators: Lisa McGunigal, Sigrid Anderson, Micah Donohue. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/7/20 Episode 19 – Fanny Palmer: The Life & Works of a Currier & Ives Artist
Commentators: Stéphanie Delamaire, Clayton Lewis. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/14/20 Episode 20 – Author Conversation with Daniel Livesay
Commentators: Daniel Livesay. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/21/20 Episode 21 – PhD Students Studying American History
Commentators: Jonathan Quint, Zachary Kopin, Hunter Harris. Access the Recording & Resources.
8/28/20 Episode 22 – Fellow Spotlight with Guillaume Teasdale and Andrew Sturtevant
Commentators: Guillaume Teasdale, Andrew Sturtevant. Access the Recording & Resources.
9/18/20 Episode 23 – Collectors Corner with Kevin Hugh Lynch
Commentators: Kevin Hugh Lynch, Clayton Lewis. Access the Recording & Resources.
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. Access the Recording & Resources.
11/20/20 Episode 25 – Writing and Publishing Inspired by Genealogical Research
Commentators: Wendy Chapin Ford, Sarah Messer, Kay Miller. Access the Recording & Resources.
12/18/20 Episode 26 – Author Conversation with Martha Kennedy
Commentators: Martha H. Kennedy, Phoebe Gloeckner. Access the Recording & Resources.