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 Dayton, Deirdre Cooper Owens, and Melanie Newport helped to lead several panels and workshops.

Current UConn History Graduate Students Alex Keuny, Timothy Brown, and Lincoln Hirn also presented their work, as part of panel discussions. UConn History alumni Kathryn Angelica, Nathan Braccio, Nicole Breault (who also served on the program committee), Allison Horrocks, Antwain Hunter, and Amy Sopcak-Joseph all presented, as well.

Prof. Manisha Sinha was quoted in a May 25 New York Times piece, looking back at the murder of George Floyd and the 2020 movement for Black lives. Prof. Sinha is quoted alongside Ibram X. Kendi and Steven Hahn, among others, and seeks to place the events of 2020, as well as the subsequent reactionary backlash, within its long-term historical context.

Access the piece here.

Prof. Manisha Sinha will be giving a series of lectures, this April, beginning on April 8 in New Haven, CT. Check out event details below:

April 8, 2025: Bosworth Memorial Lecture in American History, Yale University, New Haven, CT: Link

April 10, 2025: Lecture Sponsored by the History Department and the McFarland Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA: Link

April 21, 2025: Hartman Hotz Lecture in Law and Liberal Arts, School of Law and Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR: Link