Dr. Ethan Schmidt, assistant professor of American history (center, left), recently presented to members of the Gulf States Early American History Workshop.Dr. Ethan Schmidt, assistant professor of American history, was the featured speaker for the Gulf States Early American History Workshop on Oct. 24.
“I presented a chapter titled ‘Subduing the Indians and Advancing the Interests of the Planters: The Second Anglo-Powhatan War, the Tobacco Boom, and the Rise of the Tobacco Elite’ from my forthcoming book ‘The Divided Dominion: Social Conflict and Indian Hatred in Early Virginia,’” Schmidt said.
The director of the workshop, Dr. Kim Todt of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, invited him to speak at the event a few months ago.
“For each session of the workshop a featured presenter is invited to submit a piece of their work, which is then pre-circulated among the workshop participants,” Schmidt said. “Then on the day of the workshop, the presenter discusses how the work came about, the process of researching and writing it, and how it fits in with their other work as well as with previous work by other scholars on the subject.”
The Gulf States Early American History Workshop, hosted by the Department of History and Geography at the ULL, seeks to provide a space where innovative, original research on the broad themes of early American history. Discussions and critiques range from the colonial era through the early national period in North America, including its engagement with the Atlantic world.
By highlighting works in progress, the workshop is intended to foster a sense of community among historians of early America throughout the Gulf States region and beyond.
The workshop meets at ULL on Friday afternoons, monthly during the academic. Regular members include faculty and graduate students from a variety of Gulf State area institutions, as well as members of the general community.
For more information about Schmidt’s book, visit http://www.upcolorado.com/book/3075.
