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…
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Wesleyan students visiting Colt Park. In its Winter 2022–23 newsletter, the National Park Service highlighted a budding partnership between the Center for the Study of Guns & Society at Wesleyan…
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The following article by Joseph Slaughter, associate director, Center for the Study of Guns & Society, was recently published by The Conversation U.S. Joseph P. Slaughter, Wesleyan University Uncommon Courses…
Center for the Study of Guns & Society at Wesleyan Newsletter – January 2023 Dear friends, Happy 2023! As the new year kicks off, we are writing to express gratitude…
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A U.S. Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi has cited a book co-edited by Jennifer Tucker, founding director of the Center for the Study of Guns & Society, in…
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On October 14–15, 2022, the Center for the Study of Guns & Society hosted its inaugural fall conference, “Current Perspectives on the History of Guns and Society.” With sessions on…
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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…
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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):…
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Moderator: Joseph Slaughter (Associate Director, Center for the Study of Guns & Society) Panelists: Katherine Carté (Southern Methodist University): “Religion, Guns, and Violence in Revolutionary America” Michael J. McVicar (Florida…
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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…