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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Hannah Watson and Women Printers in Early America
DESCRIPTION:Women printers were never the majority within the early American print industry\, but their work could prove to be the critical component in keeping print businesses and newspapers alive. Such was the case of Hannah Bunce Watson\, widow of Connecticut Courant printer Ebenezer Watson\, whose determination and grit in the face of adversity laid the foundation for the paper to stay alive into the twenty-first century. \nJoin us as New England Regional Fellowship Consortium grantee\, C.C. Borzilleri\, addresses how printers like Hannah Watson engaged with their local communities\, including colonial and early state governments\, to build trusting relationships and sustain their businesses. \nThis virtual presentation is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-women-printers/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington
DESCRIPTION:Connecticut Senator George P. McLean helped establish lasting legal protections for birds\, overseeing passage of the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act\, landmark environmental protection legislation that is still in effect today. \nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Will McLean Greeley\, Senator McLean’s great-great nephew. Greeley’s new biography of Senator George P. McLean\, A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean\, Birdman of the Senate puts McLean’s victory for birds in the context of his distinguished forty-five-year career marked by many acts of reform during a time of widespread corruption and political instability. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register. \nTo purchase a copy of A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean\, Birdman of the Senate by Will McLean Greeley click here. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jbusa@connecticutmuseum.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-a-connecticut-yankee/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T120000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: The Neurocolorline -- Locating Black Autism and Black Neurodivergence in the Archives
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a virtual discussion by Dr. Diana Paulin. The title of Dr. Diana Paulin’s talk borrows from W.E.B.’s 1903 scholarly study in which he contends that “the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line- the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa\, in America and the islands of the sea” (The Souls of Black Folk). This powerful image of a racialized line that separates communities and nations still resonates in the Twenty-first century. However\, the colorline is shaped by other factors\, such as class and religion. \nIn this virtual lunchtime talk\, Dr. Paulin will talk about how the history of anti-black racism and ableism in the U.S. erases both the past and contemporary experiences of Black neurodivergence. In fact\, much of the archival work is detective work\, reading between the lines\, searching in unlikely collections\, and identifying gaps in historical\, medical\, and cultural narratives because of the historical devaluation of Black well-being and humanity during enslavement and beyond. In the process of locating historic and contemporary instances of Black neurodivergence\, Dr. Paulin contributes to the efforts to learn from\, better understand\, and include the contributions\, survival strategies\, challenges experienced not only by Black people but also by all neurodivergent people in our neurodiverse past and present world. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register through Yapsody. You’ll get a confirmation email and the Zoom link will be in the attached ticket. You’ll also receive a reminder email with the Zoom link the morning of the event. \nQuestions? Contact Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, Jen Busa via email at jennifer_busa@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x282.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-neurocolorline/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T190000
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SUMMARY:Stepping Forth Into the World: The Story of the Xu Brothers
DESCRIPTION:Our exhibition\, Journeys\, tells the story of the students who participated in the Chinese Educational Mission (CEM). In this program\, Henry Qu\, who contributed his research and translation skills to the exhibition\, will tell the story of three students\, the remarkable Xu brothers. Qu will place the brothers’ story into the larger context of world history and reveal how the brothers’ lives became part of a complicated tangle of international exchange. \nAfter the First Opium War (1840-1842)\, Britain and other countries forced the Qing court to open to foreign trade through international treaties. Collaborating with Chinese merchants\, foreign traders ventured deeply into Inland China\, created enormous wealth\, and brought drastic changes to the life of millions. The Xu family is among these merchants. As the first group of Chinese who started to re-examine the world in the late 19th century\, their family members left footprints in China\, the United Kingdom\, and the United States. Three of the Xu boys came to the United States with CEM\, spending some of their teenage years studying and living abroad. Some of their home letters are still preserved by CMCH\, shedding light on the family’s story and history. This is a story of self-made entrepreneurs\, a story of international exchange\, and a story of personal struggles under the tide of history. \nThis virtual event is free and open to the public. Click here to register! When you do\, you’ll get an emailed receipt with an attached “ticket” — the Zoom link is in that ticket! \nThe Chinese Educational Mission is the subject of our current exhibition\, Journeys 旅途: Boys of the Chinese Educational Mission. Visit us in person\, or click the link to see a virtual 3D tour. And if podcasts are your thing\, listen to our exhibition staff talk about how the exhibition came together\, and the new discoveries that inspired it\, on Grating the Nutmeg: The Podcast of Connecticut History. \nQuestions? Contact Adult Programs Manager Natalie Belanger via email at natalie_belanger@chs.org\, or call (860) 236-5621 x289. \nAbout the Speaker \nDr. Henry Qu is a Data Scientist at Indigo Agriculture and National Turfgrass Evaluation Program. While his main research focuses on data analysis and modeling in agricultural commodity prices\, sustainability\, and turfgrass cultivar evaluation\, he is also interested in history\, especially in the immigration history of Chinese Americans. Following the legacy of the Chinese Educational Mission\, Dr. Qu came to the United States as an international student. Graduated from Rutgers University\, Dr. Qu received his master’s degree in Statistics and doctorate in Plant Breeding. He has released 5 turfgrass cultivars\, published 5 journal articles\, 12 conference papers\, and 1 book chapter. \n 
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/xu-brothers/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Online Learning,online programming,Online Programs,Special Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Connecticut Museum of Culture and History":MAILTO:ask_us@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Short Attention Span Literary Club
DESCRIPTION:Once per month\, we get together to chat about short stories. Anyone can join in\, no commitment required! \nThis month’s selection is “Mrs. Manstey’s View” by Edith Wharton. You can find the story here. \nThe club meets online using Zoom. Click here to register. You’ll receive a confirmation email containing the Zoom link. \nWe’re offering this program for free\, but if you would like to make a donation to support our public programming\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nQuestions? Contact Natalie Belanger\, Adult Programs Manager\, at natalie_belanger@chs.org.
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/saslc-51-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Online Learning,online programming
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ORGANIZER;CN="Natalie Belanger":MAILTO:natalie_belanger@chs.org
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Prescribing from the Bookshelf: Bibliotherapy and the use of Books as Medicine
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever turned to a book for consolation? Treasured the escape of a novel? Found comfort in a poem\, self-help book\, or simply from reading the newspaper? \nPlease join us for a virtual presentation by Historian Mary Mahoney on bibliotherapy\, or the use of books as medicine. This talk will offer an exploration of the varied ways readers\, doctors\, and librarians have imagined books as medicine in the past. Focusing on case studies from 1800 to the present\, we’ll explore some of the earliest imaginings of books on a shelf as vials of medicine that could treat all manner of ills. This talk will explore some of the earliest literary prescriptions at nineteenth-century asylums\, question what books made the best medicine in the trenches of World War I\, and beyond. Readers who prescribe themselves literary cures will learn they are not alone in the practice\, and are in fact part of a larger story about the contested uses of reading. \nThis virtual program is free. To secure a spot\, register now. You will receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link attached\, and we will send you a reminder on the day of the program. \nQuestions? Contact Jennifer Busa\, Public Programs and Special Events Coordinator\, at jennifer_busa@chs.org. \nAbout the Speaker \nMary Mahoney is a historian who studies the uses of books as medicine\, or bibliotherapy. Earning her Ph.D. in History from UCONN in 2018\, she is currently writing a history of bibliotherapy in the United States from 1800 to the present. She is also the co-host of the American Girls Podcast. \nIf you would like to make a donation to help the CMCH keep history alive\, please click here. Or\, to learn about the benefits of museum membership\, click here! \nImage:  Bedside Library Service\, circa 1918.  American Library Association Archives
URL:https://www.connecticutmuseum.org/event/lunch-and-learn-prescribing-from-the-bookshelf-bibliotherapy-and-the-use-of-books-as-medicine/
CATEGORIES:Events,Online Learning
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