Blog
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America at 250: What Is Worth Celebrating?
Rethinking commemoration through history, community, and the Atlantic world
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Rethinking the Revolution from London: What Happens When America Isn’t the Center of the Story?
In Freedom Round the Globe, Sarah Pearsall argues that the American Revolution was never just an American story. Living in London has made me appreciate why
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Blog #11: Throwing, Rowing, and Starting Over: A Life in Sport
A personal history of starting over, told through sport
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Blog #10: A Response to My 2 Week Anniversary
Six months in, London feels less overwhelming and more like home — revisiting my first impressions and what’s changed since
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Blog #9: Happy Birthday, Catharine Macaulay
On Catharine Macaulay’s birthday, I reflect on studying her life, her radical politics, and why her ideas about liberty and history still matter today
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Blog #8: From London to Aberdeen: Researching Catharine Macaulay in Scotland’s Archives
Reflections on archival research at the National Records of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, and the University of Aberdeen
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Blog #7: Classical Forms and Radical Questions: Phillis Wheatley at 250
After 250 years, Wheatley’s poetry reminds us that intellect, grief, and resistance can reshape history and demand justice
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Blog #6: My First (Big Girl) Conference
Reflections on presenting research on Catharine Macaulay at the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies annual conference and navigating a first major academic gathering
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Blog #5: Archives Wrapped
Three unexpected archival finds offer a glimpse into the strange, contested intellectual world surrounding Catharine Macaulay
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Blog #4: A User’s Guide to the British Library
What it’s really like to work at the British Library, from requesting materials and navigating Reading Rooms to finding the best nearby lunch spots