Reconstituting Empire: Charters and State Formation in Early Modern England with Boone Ayala

John Collins Warren and the Roots of Medical Racial Science with Christopher Willoughby

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Christopher Willoughby discusses his research on racial science and medicine in antebellum America, tracing how northern medical schools, including Harvard Medical School, taught and institutionalized theories of biological racial difference. At the MHS, he has been working with the papers of John Collins Warren, examining how this notable Harvard surgeon assembled a skull collection drawn largely from enslaved people and Indigenous communities. Prof. Willoughby is a recipient of the Elizabeth Woodman Wright Fellowship from the MHS. To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page [https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships]. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-35-Willoughby [https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-35-Willoughby] This episode uses materials from: Colocate [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Uplifting/Colocate/] by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/])

From England to New England: The Glorious Revolution and the Boston Uprising with Chelsi Arellano

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Chelsi Arellano discusses her research on the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and its ripple effects across the British Empire, with a particular focus on the Bostonian Revolt of 1689. She explores how colonists in Massachusetts Bay, frustrated by the dissolution of their charter under James II and the creation of the Dominion of New England, were inspired by events in England to depose their own royal governor. Prof. Arellano also examines the largely overlooked role that women, people of color, and the poor played in that revolt. Prof. Arellano is a recipient of the Samuel Victor Constant Fellowship from the Society of Colonial Wars in Massachusetts administered by the MHS. To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page [https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships]. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-34-Arellano [https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-34-Arellano] This episode uses materials from: Colocate [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Uplifting/Colocate/] by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/])

Fear of a Maroon Republic with Marcus Nevius

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Marcus Nevius discusses his current book project, titled "Fear of a Maroon Republic: Atlantic Slave War and the Problem of Archival Absence," which builds on his earlier work on marronage in the Great Dismal Swamp to explore how maroons appear and disappear in the historical record with a particular focus on Jamaica. He also reflects on the evolving scholarly understanding of marronage and the challenges of recovering maroon voices from archives that were largely created by enslavers and colonial administrators. Prof. Nevius is a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship from the MHS. To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page [https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships]. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-33-Nevius [https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-33-Nevius] This episode uses materials from: Colocate [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Uplifting/Colocate/] by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/])

Salvaged Tea and Street Riots: Early American Politics with Peter Messer

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, Prof. Peter Messer discusses his research on early American political culture, focusing specifically on the local complexities of revolutionary-era events in Massachusetts. He shares how his work re-evaluates the 1773 "salvaged tea" controversy in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and the 1768 Liberty Riot, exploring the frequent disconnect between immediate local grievances and the broader Whig Republican rhetoric often associated with the American Revolution. Prof. Messer is a recipient of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati fellowship from the MHS. To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page [https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships]. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-32-Messer [https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-32-Messer] This episode uses materials from: Colocate [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Uplifting/Colocate/] by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/])

Reconstituting Empire: Charters and State Formation in Early Modern England with Boone Ayala

In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, we speak with Boone Ayala. He discusses his research on chartered corporations as instruments of imperial rule and his work at the MHS on the 1684 revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Company's charter, which he situates within a broader assault on corporate autonomy happening simultaneously across England. We also hear about his path from computer science major to historian and some objects he encountered in the MHS collections, including a musket from the 1689 siege of Fort Hill and Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Leverett's blood-stained buff coat from the English Civil Wars. Boone J. Ayala is a recipient of the W.B.H. Dowse Fellowship from the MHS. To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page [https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships]. Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-31-Ayala [https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-31-Ayala] This episode uses materials from: Colocate [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Uplifting/Colocate/] by Podington Bear (Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/])