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UConn History at Shear 2025

July 21, 2025

Over the weekend of July 17-20, the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic held their annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island, where UConn history was well-represented. Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History and outgoing president of SHEAR, moderated the president’s plenary panel and delivered the presidential address, while current faculty members Cornelia […]

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What a showing out of UConn graduate students at the 2025 SHEAR conference!

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What a showing out of UConn graduate students at the 2025 SHEAR conference!

What a showing out of UConn graduate students at the 2025 SHEAR conference! ...

Have a great weekend at the 2025 SHEAR meeting to the UConn faculty and grads in attendance, and to our own Manisha Sinha, who is the current president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic!

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Have a great weekend at the 2025 SHEAR meeting to the UConn faculty and grads in attendance, and to our own Manisha Sinha, who is the current president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic!

Have a great weekend at the 2025 SHEAR meeting to the UConn faculty and grads in attendance, and to our own Manisha Sinha, who is the current president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic! ...

Professor Sinha has written the foreword for the new edition of Sylvia Frey`s classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, which was released today! https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn

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Professor Sinha has written the foreword for the new edition of Sylvia Frey's classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, which was released today! https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn

Professor Sinha has written the foreword for the new edition of Sylvia Frey`s classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, which was released today! https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn ...

Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA!

Frank Costigiola
Bradley Simpson
Grace Easterly
Gabrielle Westcott

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Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA! Frank Costigiola Bradley Simpson Grace Easterly Gabrielle Westcott

Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA!

Frank Costigiola
Bradley Simpson
Grace Easterly
Gabrielle Westcott ...