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Starr Center for the


Study of the American Experience

Washington College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience explores the American experience in all its diversity and complexity, seeks creative approaches to illuminating the past, and inspires thoughtful conversation informed by history. 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.

Starr Center Stories

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    Following in the Footsteps of Frederick Douglass

    PHOTO GALLERY: The Starr Center, partnering with Black Studies and the Anthropology Department, led students on a road trip to Talbot County to discover the places that shaped the life of Frederick Douglass. Throughout 2018...

  • Martin Luther King Jr. will be remembered during a series of events in April.
    Remembering MLK

    Washington College and the Chestertown community will remember Martin Luther King Jr. on the 50th anniversary of his assassination with a series of events April 3-6 honoring his life and legacy.

  • Kevin Hayes’s George Washington: A Life in Books wins the 2018 George Washington Prize.
    George Washington Prize Winner Announced

    Lending fresh insight into the bookish mind of our founding father, author Kevin J. Hayes has won the 2018 George Washington Prize for his work George Washington: A Life in Books.

  • Andrew Darlington ’19 presented a talk at the AHA conference about his experience with the Starr Center's Story...
    History Students Make Their Mark

    What happens when a group of inquisitive young scholars encounters the most prestigious gathering of historians in the country?

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    John R. Bohrer ’06 re-examines RFK

    GALLERY John R. Bohrer ’06, a former Starr Center student fellow, returns to campus to discuss his new book on Robert F. Kennedy. Senator Birch Bayh, a Starr Center Senior Fellow, is in attendance to...

  • Adam Goodheart at work in the Library of Congress on his new book, 1865: The Rebirth of a Nation.
    A Public Scholar

    Adam Goodheart, director of the College’s Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, has earned a National Endowment of the Humanities Public Scholar Award to research and write his next Civil War bestseller.