SALTONSTALL 2019: Saturday, October 19 after the 7:30 performance

SALTONSTALL 2019
Saturday, October 19 after the 7:30 performance

The Web of Lies: Salem Networks
Our host for the evening: Charlie Newhall is a history teacher at St. John’s Prep in Danvers where he has taught AP American history for close to 20 years. A fellow of the American Antiquarian Society and past president of the New England History Teachers’ Association, Newhall is also involved professionally at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and Society of Colonial Wars. His areas of interest are Early America, the Revolution, and the New Republic and he researches and writes in the field of cultural history. Newhall is interested in rethinking traditional narratives to uncover fresh perspectives such as those of natives, women, and those on the edge of society. 

Our guest for the evening: Dan Howlett is a PhD student at George Mason University studying early American history and a Digital History Fellow at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. He previously earned his MA in History from Mason. As an undergraduate at The George Washington University, he created a social network analysis of the Salem Witch Trials, partially presented at Salem Networks as the department’s first digital history thesis project. In his graduate work, he focuses on race, gender, and disability history. He recently presented a poster of his research on disability during the Salem Witch Trials in January 2019 at the American Historical Association national meeting. Dan has also presented research at the Virginia Consortium of Early Americanists, Temple University’s Barnes Club Conference, and Louisiana State’s History Graduate Student Association.