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Conference Panels

Historical Perspectives on Guns in Contemporary Society

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

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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Conference Panels

God and Guns: Faith and Firearms in American History

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

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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Conference Panels

Nineteenth-Century Contexts of Gun Rights & Regulations

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

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…

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Conference Panels

Quantifying Arms Lethality in Historical Perspective

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

Discussant: Peter Rutland (Wesleyan) Christopher Lawrence (The Dupuy Institute, VA): “Evolution of Weapons and Warfare” (Photos by Czarina Yuffa.)

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Conference Panels

Guns in Colonial and Antebellum America

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

Moderator: Crystal Feimster (Yale University) Panelists: David J. Silverman (George Washington University): “The First American Gun Crisis” Kevin Sweeney (Amherst College): “Guns in the Cultures of Eighteenth-Century America” Saul Cornell…

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Conference Panels

Student Research Presentations

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

Moderator: Jennifer Tucker (Founding Director, Center for the Study of Guns & Society, and Associate Professor of History, Wesleyan) Presenters: Carlotta Gidal (CSS, ’23) Latonya Smith (CS and ECON, ’24)…

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Conference Panels

Guns in Visual, Design and Material Culture

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by Deidre Goodrich
21
Jul

Moderator: Jesse Nasta (Wesleyan University) Panelists: Suzy Taraba (Director of Special Collections & Archives, Wesleyan University): “Artists Fight Back: Exhibiting Violence in Society” Glenn LaVertu (Parsons, The New School for…

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Conference Panels

Museums and Firearms History

Posted on July 21, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
21
Jul

Moderator: Leah Glaser (Central Connecticut State University) Panelists: Alex MacKenzie, Springfield Armory National Historic Site (National Park Service) Amy Glowacki, Coltsville National Historic Park (National Park Service) Danny Michael, Buffalo…

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Courses-2022-23

Guns and Society

Posted on June 5, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin
05
Jun

Fall 2022, Fall 2023 Taught by Jennifer Tucker This course examines the changing place of guns in U.S. society, from the colonial era through to the present day. Readings and…

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Courses-2023-24

Reenacting Justice: Guns in America

Posted on June 4, 2022July 22, 2025 by admin

Spring 2024 Combining oral history, visual storytelling methods, and documentary performance in a workshop format, this course will reenact court transcripts and contemporary and historic testimonies related to guns and…

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