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Rick Townsend

August 28, 2025

I'm interested in approaches to the founding of the United States in the 250th anniversary year. My research focuses on original uses of the phrase "pursuit of happiness" and the way that phrase has changed over time. The sesquicentennial provides a lens opportunity for intellectual historians in a time when…See more...

Brendan Culhane

August 28, 2025

Hello all, My name is Brendan Culhane, and I'm an MA student at SUNY Brockport looking to put together a panel for this upcoming SUSIH conference. I would like to present my work on a paper I'm currently researching that chronicles the development of grassroots socialist and working class institutions…See more...

Kasper Grotle Rasmussen

August 28, 2025

Great idea, Katy!See more...

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