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Saturday—History Camp 2023 Schedule, Speakers, and Sessions

Saturday, August 12, 2023, 9:00am–5:30pm History Camp Boston 2023 History Camp Boston 2024 Dates Announced History Camp Boston 2024 will be on Saturday, August 10, 2024. The 2024 Friends of History Camp reception will be Friday and tours will be Sunday.  To present, see the key dates and other information here. History Camp Boston 2023  History Camp is a casual conference that brings together adults from all walks of life. This year at History Camp Boston 2023 there were 50 sessions scheduled, tables from authors and history organizations, and historical re-enactors. If you’re a history buff, History Camp is for you! Come to a future History Camp and see why we say, “spend a Saturday with some of the most interesting people in history.” Updated 9/12/23 38 session videos posted. Links appear in the session descriptions below when a video is available. Updated 9/18/23 350+ [Read more...]

2024-04-25T17:19:48-04:00April 24, 2023|

Marjorie Hilton — Tales of Traded Materials in the Ancient Near East

Marjorie Hilton Tales of Traded Materials in the Ancient Near East Traders were important agents for the transmission of ideas and materials in the ancient Near East. This session presents a short overview of the role of the trader. It will focus on interesting questions such as: How could an ancient blue bead from the time of Pharaoh Tutankhamen be found in a 7000-year-old Danish woman’s grave? What role did the Abora IV play in the fleshing out of this ancient journey? What is that central stone in the famous pectoral of Pharaoh Tutankhamen? What were some of the games played in ancient times? What was the ancient trade of ostrich shell beads, How did the ostrich feather become an important part of the Egyptian religion? [Recorded August 12, 2023] Marjorie Hilton, MEd (Harvard) is a retired teacher and a museum, library, and historic [Read more...]

2024-01-19T12:13:04-05:00August 12, 2023|

Saturday—Speakers and Sessions

History Camp Boston 2024—Speakers and Sessions Updated August 28: Links to session videos are listed with each session below. This year we were able to get videos of nearly all sessions. Next year we’re aiming for 100%! Updated August 15: Download the session guide and the session grid (with changes made that day). 1774: The Year the Revolution Began → View session video Robert J. Allison, PhD (robertallisonhistory.com), is a Professor of History at Suffolk University in Boston. He chairs Revolution 250 (revolution250.org), a consortium of organizations and individuals exploring the history of the American Revolution and the ways that this story still resonates in society two and a half centuries later. Allison is also the President of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. His books include short histories of the American Revolution, Boston, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the debates over the U.S. [Read more...]

2024-09-08T18:57:36-04:00November 26, 2023|

History Camp Boston 2019

History Camp Boston 2019 On March 16, 2019, we had our largest History Camp Boston ever, with more than 450 attendees and 65 sessions. Event highlights At the event we announced our intent to explore forming a non-profit in order to create more History Camps across the country. Session descriptions, with links to videos (below) Session Schedule [PDF]—Grid of the day's events (below) Photo Gallery—Taken in each session and throughout the day (to come) Purchase this year’s tee, while supplies last—proceeds go to cover the cost of History Camp History Camp Boston 2019—Sessions Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, The Most Amazing Engineer You Never Heard of Eric Peterson (Peterson@waterworksmuseum.org) is Director of Operations, Metropolitan Waterworks Museum. www.waterworksmuseum.org [This session was not recorded.] Sure, everybody knows about the 19th century achievements of Tesla, Eiffel and Edison. But did you know that Erasmus Darwin Leavitt, a native son of Lowell, was [Read more...]

2023-03-03T01:21:17-05:00February 6, 2021|

Gary Hoover — Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure

Gary Hoover Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure Author Gary Hoover, on his new book, Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure, which takes an entertaining look at how business leaders and their companies have succeeded and failed throughout American history. [Recorded January 20, 2022.] Featured Publication @ Amazon >

2024-01-19T13:58:05-05:00January 20, 2022|

Saturday—History Camp 2024 Speakers and Sessions

History Camp Boston 2024—Speakers and Sessions 1774: The Year the Revolution Began Robert J. Allison, Ph.D. (robertallisonhistory.com), is a Professor of History at Suffolk University in Boston. He chairs Revolution 250 (revolution250.org), a consortium of organizations and individuals exploring the history of the American Revolution and the ways that this story still resonates in society two and a half centuries later. Allison is also the President of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. His books include short histories of the American Revolution, Boston, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the debates over the U.S. Constitution, as well as longer books on Stephen Decatur and Olaudah Equiano and The Crescent Obscured: The United States and the Muslim World 1776–1815 (University of Chicago Press). His lecture series on the Age of Franklin and on Colonial America are available through Great Courses. We know that in 1773 Bostonians destroyed [Read more...]

2024-06-17T19:49:03-04:00June 17, 2024|

History Camp Boston 2018

History Camp Boston 2018 Saturday, July 7, 2018 Suffolk University Law School Now in its fifth year, History Camp Boston 2018 was held Saturday, July 7 at Suffolk University Law School—just across the street from the Old Granary Burying Ground and a short walk from Boston Common. On Sunday, July 8, there will be additional programming by local historic sites and history organizations. And to really make the most of your trip, arrive early and spend the Fourth in Boston! History Camp brings together people from all walks of life who are passionate about history. Here's what one participant said: “I’ve been to dozens of official academic conferences with big names where all submissions are thoroughly vetted by panels of experts, and none of those conferences were as fun and informative as History Camp. It really was the best set of speakers I’ve seen at a conference: relaxed and informed and [Read more...]

2023-03-03T01:21:28-05:00March 22, 2021|

Jared Bruening — Why Study the Civil War? Some reasons peak student interest

Jared Bruening— The Daily Bellringer Why Study the Civil War? Some reasons that will peak student interest The session will discuss reasons everyone should be interested in learning about the American Civil War. From the obvious to some obscure interesting tidbits of culture and history that were forever changed because of the conflict. If you are a teacher trying to find an interesting way to introduce the topic to students or simply a history enthusiast curious about conflict this is the session for you. Session Handouts Why study the CIVIL WAR - Presentation Slides [Click on the Download button above (gray bar, second from right) to open in a new window—where you can save a copy to your computer.]  

2023-11-22T09:59:43-05:00November 7, 2022|

Mary E. Raker — Making connections through the study of objects

Mary E. Raker Making connections through the study of objects Throughout history people have been fascinated with objects, from the visual attributes, to the people who owned them. Looking at the style that an object was made in, and what materials were used to create it can be helpful during rsearch of a particular era. It can tell you what was valued in a household, a place of worship, and in a political setting. While looking at these sections of material culture research we can also look into the ownership of the object. And often times, the people who owned these objects had quite a history attached to themselves. New England has a plethora of material objects to study and research. One particular object, The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Valuables Cabinet, holds a unique connection weaved into it, and its three sister cabinets. This cabinet, and its sisters [Read more...]

2023-08-31T03:55:03-04:00March 31, 2019|

Kent Masterson Brown — Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command

Kent Masterson Brown Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command Author Kent Masterson Brown, on his new book, Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command, which takes a new look at Meade’s actions at Gettysburg and brings a new perspective on his leadership during and after this critical battle of the Civil War. [Publisher’s excerpt.] Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg. Using Meade's published and unpublished papers alongside diaries, letters, and memoirs of fellow officers and enlisted men, Brown highlights [Read more...]

2024-01-19T14:04:18-05:00November 11, 2021|
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