For members of the media doing stories on the 250th and the Revolutionary era, Penn offers experts on numerous related topics from the politics, culture, and history of the period, including indigenous North America, slavery and abolition, and the country’s pre-Independence roots.
Contact Charlotte Maiden, maidenc@upenn.edu, 445-286-0328, with requests to speak with these or other experts at Penn. Meet a few of Penn’s America 250 experts:
Emma Hart (left), Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies; a historian of early North America and the Atlantic world and is co-editor of the Penn Press series “Early American Studies.”
Sarah Gronningsater (right), associate professor of history; a historian of the 18th and 19th century United States, with particular interests in slavery and abolition and in the history of American democracy.
Daniel Richter (left), Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History Emeritus; the author of Before the Revolution on America’s pre-1776 roots and a historian of European colonization.
Peter Jakob Olsen-Harbich (center), associate director at the McNeil Center; an expert on Indigenous North America and early modern European colonialism.
William Ewald (right), John J. O’Brien Professor of Comparative and International Law, professor of philosophy, and co-director of the Institute of Law & Philosophy; an expert on the political philosophy of the American Revolution.
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