Lunch and Learn – Lineage: The Power and Promise of Genealogy in Early America

Genealogy is everywhere– online, on screens, and through organizations and conferences and more. But technologies aside, genealogy was everywhere in the 18th century, too.

Join us for a virtual presentation as historian Karin Wulf discusses her new book, Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in 18th Century British America. Karin will discuss how meaningful genealogy was for diverse early Americans, in part because genealogy was foundational in law, politics, and religion.

This virtual event is free and open to the public. Get tickets to receive the Zoom link!

About the Speaker:
Karin Wulf is the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library and Professor of History at Brown University. A historian of early America, what she refers to as “Vast Early America,” she writes for public and academic audiences about early American history, the worlds of scholarship and scholarly publishing, and why footnotes can save democracy (really). Karin is the author or editor of prize-winning scholarship on gender, family, and politics. Her book Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in 18th Century British America was published by Oxford University Press in June.

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