Conferences, Talks, and Upcoming Engagement

I've had the privilege of presenting my historical research at a number of venues over the past few years, sharing insights about early American, environmental, Atlantic World, and borderlands history in a variety of incredible places. Highlights include Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Ireland, and various parts of the United States. Some recent opportunities to speak and share my work include the following:

April 2024- "Why Chicago Matters to Early American History," Book Talk as the Colonial History Lecture Series at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Watch the lecture on the Newberry's Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/hAP-2bCBp9w?si=vEGBKLCXSl0S12JL 

April 2024- "Muddy Ground Part II: Why Chicago Matters to Early American History," Public Talk for the Historical Society of Michigan's "History Hounds" program. 

November 2023- Public Talk for the Historical Society of Michigan's "History Hounds" program, on "Muddy Ground: Chicago's Role in the French Great Lakes"

February 2023- Annual Meeting of the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, Fort Worth, Texas, where I presented "Indigenous Independence on the Fringes: Native American Leadership in the Borderlands of Revolution"

October 2022- The Western History Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, where I presented "How to Canoe Across a Continent: The Protocols and Politics of in the Great Lakes Borderlands."

September 2022- The Eighteenth Annual Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution, Ticonderoga, NY, where I presented “Beyond the Racial Divide: Cross-cultural Alliances and Unexpected Loyalties in the Revolutionary Borderlands.” 

June 2022- The American Revolution on the Frontier, 2022 SAR Annual Conference on the American Revolution, Pittsburgh, PA, where I presented “Beyond the 'Modern Indian Politics': Localized Diplomacy and Indigenous Flexibility in the Revolutionary Great Lakes.” 

June 2022- The Climate Crisis: Early Americanists Respond, at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Philadelphia, PA, where I will present “Development and Dispossession as a Twofold Policy of Exploitation: The Roots of Environmental (In)justice in the early Republic.” 

May 2022- The 54th Comparative Literature Symposium, “Perspectives on Water on the Llano Estacado,” at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, where I presented “Water Diplomacy: Cross-Cultural Encounters on the High Plains during the Era of Early Contact.” View a link to a video recording of my talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FDTmTrlU4E

October 2021- The Meanings of Independence Conference, hosted by the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, PA, where I presented “Sigenauk’s War of Independence: New Indian Leadership and the Struggle for Autonomy in the Revolutionary Borderlands.”