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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.

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.

2022 Episodes

1/21/22 Episode 39Author 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 27Author 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 29One Year Anniversary, “What We’re Reading Now”

Commentators: Sara Quashnie, Dick Marsh, Paul Erickson. Access the Recording & Resources.

4/16/21 Episode 30Fellow 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 31Stories of Maritime Heritage in the Great Lakes Region

Commentators: Art Cohn, Stacy Daniels. Access the Recording & Resources.

6/18/21 Episode 32Author 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 33Fellow 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 3Part 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 5Identity 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 8American Histories and the Struggle for Equality

Commentators: Rex Hauser, Hayley O’Malley. Access the Recording & Resources.

5/22/20 Episode 9Leadership

Commentators: Doug Johnson, Sara Quashnie, Straus Scantlin. Access the Recording & Resources.

5/29/20 Episode 10Author 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 12Reader 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 14Fellow Spotlight with Scott Heerman

Commentators: M. Scott Heerman. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Martin Brückner. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Jack Deo. Access the Recording & Resources.

7/24/20 Episode 17Author 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 19Fanny Palmer: The Life & Works of a Currier & Ives Artist

Commentators: Stéphanie Delamaire, Clayton Lewis. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Daniel Livesay. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Jonathan Quint, Zachary Kopin, Hunter Harris. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Guillaume Teasdale, Andrew Sturtevant. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Kevin Hugh Lynch, Clayton Lewis. Access the Recording & Resources.

10/16/20 Episode 24The 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 25Writing and Publishing Inspired by Genealogical Research

Commentators: Wendy Chapin Ford, Sarah Messer, Kay Miller. Access the Recording & Resources.

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

Commentators: Martha H. Kennedy, Phoebe Gloeckner. Access the Recording & Resources.