All meetings run from 3:00PM - 4:00PM Eastern. A Zoom link and copies of works to be presented will be sent via email to everyone on the mailing list. Presenters and discussants will be listed below as the schedule develops.
Thursday, October 8, 2026
"Parties and Patronage in the Early American Republic"
Presenter: Benjamin Rohr, University of Mannheim; University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Jeffrey Broxmeyer, University of Toledo
Thursday, November 12, 2026
"Evaluations of the Economic Connection between Republican and Democratic Partisans and their Parties from 1972-2024"
Presenter: Zachary Morris, Kent State University
Discussant: Boris Heersink, Fordham University
Thursday, December 10, 2026
"Restrictionist Consolidation: The Republican Party and the Politics of Immigration Policy, 1965-2016"
Presenter: Jack McGovern, Northwestern University
Discussant: Maye Henning, Suffolk University
Thursday, January 14, 2027
"In the Shadow of Governmental Ownership"
Presenter: Alon Jasper, Tel Aviv University
Discussant: Emily Zackin, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, February 11, 2027
"To Make a 'Profound Secret' Pay: Patronage and Executive Power in the Early Republic"
Presenter: Jeffrey Boxmeyer, University of Toledo
Discussant: Daniel Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday, March 11, 2027 (Note: This session will run from 3-5PM)
"To Secure The Bounty Earned: Authoritarian Retaliation in Louisiana’s Sugar Parishes 1892-1899"
Presenter: Daniel Blinderman, University of Virginia
Discussant: TBA
"Do Voting Rights Matter? Legislative Consequences of Women’s Suffrage"
Presenters: Mirya Holman, University of Houston; Michael Olson, Washington University St. Louis; Christina Wolbrecht, Notre Dame
Discussant: TBA
Thursday, April 8, 2027
"Plebiscite and Mandate: Reassessing the Election of 1936"
Presenter: William Blake, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Discussant: Terri Bimes, UC-Berkeley