Theories, Practices, and Pedagogies of Contested Histories in Museum Exhibits In December 2023, CSGS brought together 21 museum professionals for a workshop that explored a wide range of possibilities and challenges of museum curatorship with historical firearm exhibits. Funded in part by the New England Humanities Consortium, this event exemplifies the center’s mission of fostering...

Current Perspectives on the History of Guns and Society The Center for the Study of Guns & Society hosts an annual conference in the fall. Scholars, museum curators, and students from around the country gather for two days of discussions on a wide range of historical topics related to firearms. Thanks to The New England...

One-Day Symposium Friday, May 5, 2023 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies, 343 Washington Terrace Every month, around 70 women in the U.S. are shot and killed by their partners. In fact, firearms are used in the majority of domestic violence homicides today. How has the proliferation of guns in...

Friday, April 28, 2023 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT Woodhead Lounge, Exley Science Center The Center for the Study of Guns & Society hosted its inaugural one-day Undergraduate Research Conference, with participation from students at Wesleyan University, Amherst College, and Trinity College, on April 28, 2023. Undergraduate students, faculty, and staff presented on research topics in guns...

Current Perspectives on the History of Guns and Society The new research Center for the Study of Guns and Society at Wesleyan University will host its inaugural conference, “Current Perspectives on the History of Guns and Society,” convening a select group of historians, museum curators, and other experts in the field. The conference will feature a headliner conversation...