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.
Starr Center Stories
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Former Starr Center writing fellow Peter Manseau returns to campus Wednesday, March 4, to discuss his critically acclaimed new book, which chronicles how religious minorities have helped shape American freedom.
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Washington College recently celebrated the 10th year of the George Washington Book Prize. 2014 winner Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy visited campus on Nov. 7th.
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The four finalists for the 2015 George Washington Book Prize – Nick Bunker, Richard Dunn, François Furstenburg and Eric Nelson – offer new insights into the American Revolution, its impact on the rest of the world, and the very meaning of liberty.
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Brittany Weaver ’14 talks about her experience at the Center for Civil and Human Rights and her time at Washington College.
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Professor’s book about Revolutionary POWs held in Lancaster, Pa., is named 2014 Book of the Year by an online history journal devoted to America’s Founding.
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Sailing aboard the 18th-century schooner Sultana , a group of first-year students explored the rich history of the Chesapeake Bay. Organized by Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, this ...
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The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library invite applications for the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship, a unique research and writing fellowship.
Application deadline:
March 15, 2015.
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