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“Oceans of Kin: The Power and Promise of 18th Century Atlantic Genealogies” book talk with Karin Wulf

By Stenton Museum (other events)

Wednesday, March 19 2025 5:00 PM 7:00 PM EST
 
ABOUT ABOUT

Gathering, researching, and narrating genealogy sounds like a modern activity, but in the 18th century genealogy mattered a great deal-- to individuals and families, and for governments and other institutions. Taking as an example the extended Lloyd family, including Norrises and Logans, this talk follows ideas and practices of genealogy across the Atlantic and back, from Wales and England to Philadelphia, Maryland, and then Madeira, tracing how family connections were meaningful in the context of business, politics, and racial slavery.

This program is free and open to the public. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will begin at 5:00pm. Book talk begins at 5:30pm.

 

About the Speaker:

Karin Wulf is 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 “Vast Early America,” from 2013 to 2021 she was the Executive Director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and Professor of History at William & Mary.  Wulf earned her PhD in history from Johns Hopkins University.  She writes for public and academic audiences about early American history, the worlds of scholarship and scholarly publishing, archives and special collections.  The author or editor of prize-winning scholarship on gender, family, and politics, her book Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America will be published by Oxford University Press in 2025; she is now working on Genealogy: a Very Short Introduction, also for OUP.