Joseph Slaughter, associate director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, was recently interviewed by Current—an online journal of commentary and opinion on contemporary culture, politics, and ideas—about his research on how Christianity and gun culture became intertwined in the U.S. Slaughter discussed his research on gun Read more…
Since the Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the expertise of those who study history and laws related to firearms in the U.S. has taken on new relevance, according to a March 14, 2023 article in The New York Times. That Read more…
In its Winter 2022–23 newsletter, the National Park Service highlighted a budding partnership between the Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan University and Coltsville National Historical Park, writing: “The partnership represents a strong foundation for supporting current research and student engagement locally, throughout the Precision Valley, Read more…
The following article by Joseph Slaughter, associate director, Center for the Study of Guns and Society, was recently published by The Conversation U.S. Joseph P. Slaughter, Wesleyan University Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course: “God and Guns: the Read more…
A U.S. Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi has cited a book co-edited by Jennifer Tucker, director of the Center for the Study of Guns and Society, in an order on a case concerning a federal statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms. “In reviewing the briefing and authorities presented Read more…
In 2022, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a three-year, $1 million grant to support the Carceral Connecticut Project (CCP) at Wesleyan University, an interdisciplinary project to investigate the state’s racial, industrial, and political history. The award includes support for the design and implementation of new courses, including “Reenacting Justice: Read more…
Moderator: Sean McCann (Wesleyan University) Panelists: Demetrius L. Eudell (Wesleyan University): “Carceral Connecticut Project: The History of Race, Violence, and Capitalism in the Connecticut River Valley” Joshua Aiken (Yale University): “The Social Life of Gun Control: Handguns, Violence, & Disorder in the 1960s & 70s” Brennan Gardner Rivas (Texas Christian Read more…
Moderator: Joseph Slaughter (Associate Director, Center for the Study of Guns and Society) Panelists: Katherine Carté (Southern Methodist University): “Religion, Guns, and Violence in Revolutionary America” Michael J. McVicar (Florida State University): “White Conservative Evangelicals and Firearms in the Late Twentieth Century” Jenny Wiley Legath (Princeton University): “’This House Protected Read more…
Moderator: Roberto Saba (Wesleyan University) Panelists: Jonathan Obert (Amherst College): “The Economic Origins of American Gun Rights” Tracy L. Barnett (University of Georgia): “‘Men and Their Guns: The Culture of Self-Deputized Manhood in the South, 1850-1877” (Photos by Czarina Yuffa.)
Discussant: Peter Rutland (Wesleyan) Christopher Lawrence (The Dupuy Institute, VA): “Evolution of Weapons and Warfare” (Photos by Czarina Yuffa.)
