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Microsoft Innovations: Empowering the Mobile Experience « The Junto
Microsoft is a global technology leader, constantly driving innovation and transforming the digital landscape. With cutting-edge mobile applications and cloud solutions, the company enables users to work, learn, and enjoy entertainment wherever they are. Innovative Solutions for Business and Personal Use Products such as Office 365 and the Azure platform have revolutionized the way both…
Early American Women Unmasked « The Junto
A special edition of #ColonialCouture, a Junto roundtable on fashion as history in early American life. Protective face coverings have emerged as a potent, multifaceted metaphor for the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite inconsistent examples set by elected leaders and conflicting recommendations made by public health officials, unisex masks have steadily assumed a greater role in social…
Guest Post: Teaching the Caribbean in the Age of Vast Early America « The Junto
In today's guest post, R. Grant Kleiser, a PhD candidate at Columbia University discusses his experience with teaching the Caribbean as a part of Vast Early America. Kleiser studies the early modern Atlantic world and his proposed dissertation examines the establishment of free ports in eighteenth-century British, Spanish, French, Danish, and Dutch Caribbean islands, investigating…
ANN: Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship in Revolutionary Era Studies « The Junto
Siena College’s McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution will award a one-year Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellowship for the academic year 2020-2021. The fellowship supports an early-career scholar whose research and teaching advance the McCormick Center’s mission to foster greater appreciation, interest, and awareness of the events and ideals behind the struggle…
CFP: Materializing Race in #VastEarlyAmerica « The Junto
Materializing Race: An Unconference on Objects and Identity in #VastEarlyAmerica August 24 and 25, 2020 1 PM EST both days (Zoom) Proposals due by August 1, 2020 Organized by Cynthia Chin and Philippe Halbert In a commitment to fostering nuanced interpretations of early American objects and meaningful dialogue on historical constructions of race and their…