Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/26/2026
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
4010 JFSB
Category(ies)
This week’s Humanities Center event brings together colleagues Matthew Mason (History), Chris Hodson (History), Mary Eyring (English), Nick Gentile, and Brett Rushforth (Huntington Library) for a conversation on how we tell long-form stories. Join us as we explore the challenges, opportunities, and critical dynamics of crafting book-length projects. We hope you’ll be part of this discussion on Thursday, March 26, at 3:30 pm in 4010 JFSB. Refreshments will be served.
Title: “Crafting Long-Form Critique: The Stories We Tell About Early American History”
This panel that will discuss long-form critique and book publishing in the context of Early American History. Panelists will share insights from their recently published books along with advice about writing books and engaging in long-form critique in general.
Panelists include
- Mary Eyring, Saltwater: Grief in Early America (University of North Carolina Press, 2025)
- Matthew Mason, Seeking the High Ground: Slavery and Political Conflict in the British Atlantic World (University of Virginia Press, 2025)
- Nicholas Gentile, Enemies to Their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and Consensus in the American Revolution (University of Massachusetts Press, 2025)
- Christopher Hodson and Brett Rushforth, Beyond the Ocean: A New History of France and the Atlantic World from the Crusade to the Age of Revolutions (Oxford University Press, 2026)
