Dillon Streifeneder
@dstreifeneder.bsky.social
American Revolution | Atlantic World | Colonial New York | State Formation | On the lookout for WPA/New Deal Projects
Splitting time between the Hudson Valley and the Chesapeake
Splitting time between the Hudson Valley and the Chesapeake
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For #SHEAR #SHEAR2026, seeking panelists for session on economic issues circa 1780s-1790s. My paper: examining MA debates over property requirements etc. in the proposed 1778/1780 constitutions. Proposals due Dec 1st, please contact me dmandell@truman.edu if interested.
November 19, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For #SHEAR #SHEAR2026, seeking panelists for session on economic issues circa 1780s-1790s. My paper: examining MA debates over property requirements etc. in the proposed 1778/1780 constitutions. Proposals due Dec 1st, please contact me dmandell@truman.edu if interested.
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CFP: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL" - Huntington Library, Nov. 6-7, 2006. With generous support from the Early Modern Studies Institute at USC, my co-conspirators & I look forward to two days of generative conversation. Travel & lodging included! Proposals due 1/10. Please spread the word! 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
CFP: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL" - Huntington Library, Nov. 6-7, 2006. With generous support from the Early Modern Studies Institute at USC, my co-conspirators & I look forward to two days of generative conversation. Travel & lodging included! Proposals due 1/10. Please spread the word! 🙏
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A few more weeks to send in your proposals for "Common Sense at 250"! Talks can (and hopefully will) take a broad approach to the topic, and some support for travel to the UK or virtual participation may be possible, so please send your ideas our way: theitps.org/event/common...
Common Sense at 250: Legacies of Democracy from Paine to Today – ITPS Research Portal
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June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A few more weeks to send in your proposals for "Common Sense at 250"! Talks can (and hopefully will) take a broad approach to the topic, and some support for travel to the UK or virtual participation may be possible, so please send your ideas our way: theitps.org/event/common...
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James A. Dun shares a record of 4,428 discrete voyages between Philadelphia and a variety of Dominguan/Haitian ports for scholars to explore. Click for Dun's introduction to the project (with a BONUS StoryMap!) ageofrevolutions.com/2025/04/28/a...
American Trade with Revolutionary Haiti: A Dataset for Public Use
By James A. Dun It was spring 2002 and I was entering what I thought—and hoped and needed to be—the final stages of my dissertation, a study of the ways in which the events that historians have sin…
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April 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
James A. Dun shares a record of 4,428 discrete voyages between Philadelphia and a variety of Dominguan/Haitian ports for scholars to explore. Click for Dun's introduction to the project (with a BONUS StoryMap!) ageofrevolutions.com/2025/04/28/a...
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I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...
The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture — California Law Review
The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen elevated history, text, and tradition as the sole criteria for assessing the constitutionality of firearms...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm thrilled that "The Myth of Continuity in American Gun Culture," a long (79-p.) article that I spent most of a year working on, has just been published in the California Law Review www.californialawreview.org/print/gun-co...
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I've long wanted to see these. A 1797 box of British infantry companies, designed to teach formation changes to new ensign. A forerunner to gaming? Only 2 surviving copies? This one at Society of Cincinnati library.
March 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've long wanted to see these. A 1797 box of British infantry companies, designed to teach formation changes to new ensign. A forerunner to gaming? Only 2 surviving copies? This one at Society of Cincinnati library.
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A reminder that I'll be giving a talk in DC at the Society of the Cincinnati headquarters, on March 13. If you're in DC and want to NOT think about the government...
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Lecture—The Cutting Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in the American Revolution - The American Revolution Institute
Historian Wayne E. Lee of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill discusses Indigenous warfare before and during the American Revolution. Throughout the Revolution, Indigenous warriors sought to ...
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February 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A reminder that I'll be giving a talk in DC at the Society of the Cincinnati headquarters, on March 13. If you're in DC and want to NOT think about the government...
www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/lectur...
www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/event/lectur...
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The SUNY chancellor who is destroying colleges like mine is paid 4x what the governor makes and, get this, lives in Maryland.
Lawmakers protest seven-figure compensation package for SUNY Chancellor
Senators from both sides of the aisle are introducing legislation that would require lawmaker approval for certain public servants' salaries after they learned that SUNY Chancellor John King's compens...
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February 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The SUNY chancellor who is destroying colleges like mine is paid 4x what the governor makes and, get this, lives in Maryland.
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We are pleased to announce our schedule for Spring 2025. Please visit the link below to see this semester's schedule of seminars.
The page also includes information on how to join our mailing list.
opencuny.org/ears/schedule/
The page also includes information on how to join our mailing list.
opencuny.org/ears/schedule/
Schedule – CUNY Early American Republic Seminar
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January 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We are pleased to announce our schedule for Spring 2025. Please visit the link below to see this semester's schedule of seminars.
The page also includes information on how to join our mailing list.
opencuny.org/ears/schedule/
The page also includes information on how to join our mailing list.
opencuny.org/ears/schedule/
Had the opportunity to think, talk, and write about Rev250 in response to #JERWinter2024 for @thejerpano.bsky.social - As countless others have said, writing and talking with colleagues helped me better prepare for teaching the American Revolution this spring.
Inspired by the recent #JERWinter2024 conversation on the Revolution at 250, Dillon Streifeneder considers how historians in recent years have worked to bring military history back into the history of the American Revolution: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/01/21/a...
American Revolution or Revolutionary War?
Inspired by the recent JER conversation on the Revolution at 250, Dillon Streifeneder considers how historians in recent years have worked to bring military history back into the history of the Ame…
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January 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Had the opportunity to think, talk, and write about Rev250 in response to #JERWinter2024 for @thejerpano.bsky.social - As countless others have said, writing and talking with colleagues helped me better prepare for teaching the American Revolution this spring.
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If you happen to be in the Philadelphia area, I am doing an event for my most recent book at the Museum of the American Revolution (@amrevmuseum.bsky.social) this evening at 6:30pm.
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www.amrevmuseum.org/events/read-...
Read the Revolution Speaker Series with Michael D. Hattem
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January 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you happen to be in the Philadelphia area, I am doing an event for my most recent book at the Museum of the American Revolution (@amrevmuseum.bsky.social) this evening at 6:30pm.
www.amrevmuseum.org/events/read-...
www.amrevmuseum.org/events/read-...
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JOB ALERT: Visiting Assistant Professor History/Revolutionary Studies Research Fellow - Siena College.
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#skystorians
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#skystorians
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January 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
JOB ALERT: Visiting Assistant Professor History/Revolutionary Studies Research Fellow - Siena College.
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#skystorians
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#skystorians
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Artifact of the day is this Continental Army uniform coat worn by Col Peter Gansevoort when in command of the 3rd New York Regiment during the Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. The coat is in incredible condition for its age with fine details on the buttons & hearts in the corners of the coat tails.
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Artifact of the day is this Continental Army uniform coat worn by Col Peter Gansevoort when in command of the 3rd New York Regiment during the Siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777. The coat is in incredible condition for its age with fine details on the buttons & hearts in the corners of the coat tails.
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The US Naval Academy has posted the call for papers for the 2025 McMullen Naval History Symposium, which will be 18-19 September. Time to write those proposals!
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McMullen Naval History Symposium
Naval History Symposium page for History Department at USNA.edu. Updated Thu Oct 31 08:58:31 EDT 2024.
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December 5, 2024 at 10:31 AM
The US Naval Academy has posted the call for papers for the 2025 McMullen Naval History Symposium, which will be 18-19 September. Time to write those proposals!
www.usna.edu/History/Symp...
www.usna.edu/History/Symp...
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What object or artifact do you use to capture compelling aspects of the American Revolution and its global legacies? Submit a pitch to the American Historical Review for a special issue called '76 Objects, featuring short essays about material traces of revolution from the US and abroad.
December 5, 2024 at 3:10 PM
What object or artifact do you use to capture compelling aspects of the American Revolution and its global legacies? Submit a pitch to the American Historical Review for a special issue called '76 Objects, featuring short essays about material traces of revolution from the US and abroad.
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“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our writer's block...”
Possibilities brewing.
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Possibilities brewing.
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McMullen Naval History Symposium
Naval History Symposium page for History Department at USNA.edu. Updated Thu Oct 31 08:58:31 EDT 2024.
www.usna.edu
November 23, 2024 at 10:52 PM
“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our writer's block...”
Possibilities brewing.
www.usna.edu/History/Symp...
Possibilities brewing.
www.usna.edu/History/Symp...
This past summer I had the opportunity to be a short-term fellow at the David Center at the APS and wrote a short blurb about some sources I used. I can highly recommend spending time at the APS. Amazing resources, an amazing facility, amazing people, in an amazing city. @amphilsociety.bsky.social
“I do Strict Justice to the Precinct”: Local Governance, Central Authority, and Supplying the Army in a Time of Revolution | American Philosophical Society
Header image: Cornelius Bogart to John Bancker, March 6, 1779
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October 28, 2024 at 3:51 PM
This past summer I had the opportunity to be a short-term fellow at the David Center at the APS and wrote a short blurb about some sources I used. I can highly recommend spending time at the APS. Amazing resources, an amazing facility, amazing people, in an amazing city. @amphilsociety.bsky.social
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From the @AgeofRevs archive, @boston1775.bsky.social explores why Revolutionary Americans adopted native snakes as symbols for their cause. ageofrevolutions.com/2021/07/05/j...
Join, or Die: Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
This article is a part of our “Revolutionary Animals” series, which examines the roles of animals in revolution, representations of revolutionary animals, and the intersections between …
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September 27, 2024 at 9:31 AM
From the @AgeofRevs archive, @boston1775.bsky.social explores why Revolutionary Americans adopted native snakes as symbols for their cause. ageofrevolutions.com/2021/07/05/j...
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🚨JOB!🚨UNC Chapel Hill History Dept will be searching for an Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century. I'm spreading the word now as final ad approval is imminent. I'll post the link here as soon as it's available.
September 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
🚨JOB!🚨UNC Chapel Hill History Dept will be searching for an Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century. I'm spreading the word now as final ad approval is imminent. I'll post the link here as soon as it's available.
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We are hiring! Its an endowed professorship at the level of assistant or associate professor in one of the following areas: colonial America; early modern British; OR early modern Atlantic. Please spread the word.
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Warner Woodring Chair in Colonial U.S., British, or Atlantic History
Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...
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September 16, 2024 at 8:11 PM
We are hiring! Its an endowed professorship at the level of assistant or associate professor in one of the following areas: colonial America; early modern British; OR early modern Atlantic. Please spread the word.
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...
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Look what has appeared on Military History Now. If you do not want to read the 350+ pages of our amazing new book The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism, you can read this little blog post where I try to concisely present some of our main arguments. militaryhistorynow.com/2024/09/03/w...
War and the Age of Nationalism — How 19th-Century Conflicts Gave Rise to the Modern National Identity - MilitaryHistoryNow.com
“War strengthened a national sense of belonging.” By Niels Eichhorn “IT IS NOT the joy over the defeated enemy, but the joy of overcoming weakness and discord which the past centuries bear sad witnes...
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September 5, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Look what has appeared on Military History Now. If you do not want to read the 350+ pages of our amazing new book The Civil War in the Age of Nationalism, you can read this little blog post where I try to concisely present some of our main arguments. militaryhistorynow.com/2024/09/03/w...
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Shameless self-promotion: I just published this article in Smithsonian Magazine on the agonizing slowness of New Yorkers to free their enslaved people after the Revolution. It's based on a newly-digitized set of freedom records that no one has ever used. Please read!
Remarkable Documents Lay Bare New York’s History of Slavery
A newly digitized set of records reveal the plight and bravery of enslaved people in the North
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September 4, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Shameless self-promotion: I just published this article in Smithsonian Magazine on the agonizing slowness of New Yorkers to free their enslaved people after the Revolution. It's based on a newly-digitized set of freedom records that no one has ever used. Please read!
Todd Braisted with a gem of late-war drama in the streets of NYC: Damn’d Good Shots!
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Damn’d Good Shots: A Matter of Honor on the Streets of New York, 1783 — The Gotham Center for New York City History
Damn’d Good Shots: A Matter of Honor on the Streets of New York, 1783By
Todd BraistedWhat had caused such hot-headed emotions between the two
senior officers present with the regiment? Delicacy, in ...
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July 31, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Todd Braisted with a gem of late-war drama in the streets of NYC: Damn’d Good Shots!
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/damnedg...
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/damnedg...
Very excited to talk about Sir Henry Moore, connections between Jamaica and New York, and the coming of the American Revolution at the David Library Seminar @amphilsociety.bsky.social www.amphilsoc.org/events/david...
David Center for the American Revolution Seminar: "From Jamaica with Reform: Sir Henry Moore’s “Reformation” and the Coming of the Revolution in New York, 1765-1775" with Dillion Streifeneder
The sixth 2023-2024 David Center for the American Revolution Seminar will take place March 6, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. ET on Zoom.The speaker will be Dillon Streifeneder. Dillion is a historian of colonial A...
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February 22, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Very excited to talk about Sir Henry Moore, connections between Jamaica and New York, and the coming of the American Revolution at the David Library Seminar @amphilsociety.bsky.social www.amphilsoc.org/events/david...