Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience is dedicated to fostering innovative approaches to the American past and present. Through educational programs, scholarship and public outreach, and a special focus on written history, the Starr Center seeks to bridge the divide between the academic world and the public at large.
The Starr Center supports and fosters the art of historical writing through the George Washington Book Prize, resident fellowships, and a world of opportunities for Washington College students – including road trips, research projects, publishing opportunities, and fully paid summer internships at leading American museums, archives, and national parks.
From its base in the circa-1746 Custom House along Chestertown’s colonial waterfront, the Center sponsors a rich array of talks and other free public events presented by leading American historians, political figures, journalists, authors, and creative artists.
Our staff and visiting fellows publish frequent articles on American history in many major publications, from The New York Times and The Washington Post to National Geographic and Smithsonian.
Free Custom House audio tours here!
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C.V. Starr Center for the Study
of the American Experience
Custom House - 101 South Water St.
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-810-7161 jemley2@washcoll.edu
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Amy Kalafa,
Author, Lunch Wars
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Locavore Lit Festival
Emmanuel Church
1:00 p.m.
More information here.
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Amy Kalafa,
Author, Lunch Wars
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Locavore Lit Festival
Emmanuel Church
1:00 p.m.
More information here.
Spring Semester Events
March 29th, 2014
April 1st, 2014
April 8th, 2014
April 15th, 2014
Starr Center News
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Author Ann Vileisis, speaking March 6, mapped how we lost our way on the road from farm to table, and chart a return to “a purposeful palate.” -
Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy’s The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire, Jeffrey L. Pasley’s The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy, and Alan Taylor’s The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832. -
Paid summer fellowships through the Starr Center offer you a world of opportunities–in DC, New York, Atlanta, even Paris! -
Full immersion in the Maryland State Archives left Jeffrey Truitt ’14 more interested than ever in the famous Maryland regiment that stood fast at the Battle of Long Island early in the American Revolution. -
Phaedra Scott ’14 discovers the complexities of displaying the nation’s historical documents at the National Constitution Museum. -
Hands-on experience at the National Archives as a Comegys Bight Fellow helped Michael Kuethe ’13 land a job as an educator at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. -
An internship at the National Archives provides an opportunity for Denise Meehl ‘15 to share her love of teaching and history.
