BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Mass Historical Society: Constructing Castle William: An Intimate History of Labor and Empire in Provincial America
PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:event_665241_0
SUMMARY:Mass Historical Society: Constructing Castle William: An Intimate History of Labor and Empire in Provincial America
DESCRIPTION:<p><span class="guest">Jared Hardesty, Western Washington University</span><span class="other_guest">Comment: Eliga H. Gould, University of New Hampshire</span></p><p>This seminar will examine the tumultuous construction of Castle William, a fort meant to protect Boston Harbor. Begun in 1701, this five-year project was fraught with corruption, labor strife, supply shortages, ineptitude, and tension between colonial desires and imperial ambition. Hardesty will explore the fort as a microcosm of imperial reform and as a lens into post-Glorious Revolution attempts to build empire in Massachusetts and other mainland colonies.</p><p><a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank" title="Please click here to RSVP">Please RSVP</a><span>  </span><span class="seminar_RSVP">Seminars are free and open to the public; <a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank">RSVP required</a>.<br><a href="https://www.masshist.org/calendar/seminars/early-american-history">Subscribe</a> to receive advance copies of the seminar papers.</span></p><p></p><p><span class="seminar_RSVP">For more information see the <a href="https://www.masshist.org/calendar" data-url="https://www.masshist.org/calendar">MHS website</a>.</span></p>
LOCATION:Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20160405T211500Z
DTEND:20160405T233000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR