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Liz Covart

Liz Covart is the Digital Projects Editor at the Omohundro Institute at the College of William and Mary. She holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Davis. For more information about Liz and her podcast visit lizcovart.com.

Treaties Between the US & American Indian Nations

July 26, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, David Penney, Associate Director of Museum Scholarship, Exhibitions, and Public Engagement at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), joins Liz Covart to talk about the NMAI’s exhibit called Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States & American Indian Nations. [Read more…] about Treaties Between the US & American Indian Nations

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Indigenous History, Podcasts, Political History, Smithsonian

Fourth of July in 2026: America’s 250th Anniversary

July 13, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, historians Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Ronald Angelo Johnson, and Kariann Akemi Yokota join host Liz Covart to answer questions about how historians are discussing the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States’ founding in 2026. [Read more…] about Fourth of July in 2026: America’s 250th Anniversary

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Academia, America's 250th Anniversary, American Revolution, Cultural History, diversity, Education, Podcasts, Public History

Freedom and Slavery in Massachusetts

June 28, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Kyera Singleton, the Executive Director of the Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts, joins host Liz Covart to investigate the story of slavery and freedom within the first state in the United States to legally abolish slavery.‌ [Read more…] about Freedom and Slavery in Massachusetts

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abolition, Black History, Massachusetts, Podcasts, Political History, Slavery

Female Husbands: Transgender People in Early American History

June 14, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Jen Manion, a Professor of History and of Sexuality and Women’s and Gender Studies at Amherst College and author of the book, Female Husbands: A Trans History (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2021), joins host Liz Covart to investigate the early American world of female husbands, people who were assigned female gender at birth and then changed their gender at some point in their lives to live as men.‌ [Read more…] about Female Husbands: Transgender People in Early American History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Atlantic World, Crime and Justice, Gender, Gender History, LGBTQ, Maritime History, Military History, Podcasts, Social History, womens history

St Augustine and Early Florida

May 31, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Charles Tingley, Senior Research Librarian at the St. Augustine Historical Society,  joins host Liz Covart to explore the early American history of La Florida through the lens of one of its capitals: the city of St. Augustine. [Read more…] about St Augustine and Early Florida

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Colonialism, Hispanic History, Spanish Empire

Privateering in the American Revolution

May 17, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, historian Eric Jay Dolin joins host Liz Covart to discuss the early American world of privateers and the creation of the United States’ privateer fleet with details from his book,  Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution (Liveright Publishing, 2022). [Read more…] about Privateering in the American Revolution

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: American Revolution, Maritime History, Military History, Naval History, piracy, Podcasts

The Moravian Church in North America

May 3, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Paul Peucker, an archivist and the Director of the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, joins Liz Covart to investigate the establishment of the Moravian Church in North America. [Read more…] about The Moravian Church in North America

Filed Under: History Tagged With: German-American History, Immigration, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Podcasts, Religious History

The Virginia Venture: Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660

April 19, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Misha Ewen, a Lecturer in early modern history at the University of Bristol and author of The Virginia Venture: American Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660 (University of Penn Press, 2022), joins host Liz Covart to discuss the early history of the Virginia Company and its early investors. [Read more…] about The Virginia Venture: Colonization and English Society, 1580-1660

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Atlantic World, British Atlantic, Colonial America, Colonial History, Colonialism, Podcasts, University of Virginia Press, Virginia, Virginia History

The Sewing Girl’s Tale: Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

April 5, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, John Wood Sweet, a Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and author of the book, The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (Henry Holt & Co., 2022), winner of the 2023 Bancroft Prize in American History, joins Liz Covart to investigate the first published rape trial in the United States and how one woman, Lanah Sawyer, bravely confronted the man who raped her by bringing him to court for his crime. [Read more…] about The Sewing Girl’s Tale: Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Crime and Justice, Legal History, Manhattan, New York City, Podcasts, prostitution, Vice, Women, womens history

Women and the Making of Catawba Identity

March 22, 2023 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of Ben Franklin’s World, Brooke Bauer, an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville joins Liz Covart to explore Catawba women and their significance in Catawba culture with details from her book, Becoming Catawba: Catawba Women and Nation Building, 1540-1840 (University of Alabama Press, 2022). [Read more…] about Women and the Making of Catawba Identity

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Indigenous History, Podcasts, womens history

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