Historians & Their Histories is a podcast by the Massachusetts Historical Society. In this series, we are introducing you to the historians who write the histories. In each episode, we sit down with a scholar who has received fellowship support from the Massachusetts Historical Society. We learn about their origin stories and ask them about why they became students of the past. And we get a sneak peek at their current projects, too.
Rethinking Slavery in New England with Tim Hastings
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, we speak with Tim Hastings. Tim discusses his dissertation, "New Hampshire's Atlantic World: Slavery, Freedom, and Community," a social and cultural history of slavery in New Hampshire during the long eighteenth century that foregrounds the lived experiences of the enslaved. He also speaks about the relationship between law and slavery, the social worlds enslaved people navigated, and New Hampshire's deep entanglement with the broader Atlantic world, including plantation economies in the Caribbean.
He is a recipient of the African American Studies Fellowship from the Massachusetts Historical Society, as well as a fellowship from the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, which is administered by the MHS.
To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page (https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships).
Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-43-Hastings
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21 Sept 2026
The Home Front with Lauren Duval
On this special episode of Historians & Their Histories, guest host Megan Kate Nelson sits down with Lauren Duval, Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. They discuss Prof. Duval's new book The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence, published in December 2025. They talk about what daily life was like inside American households under British military occupation and how the intimate experience of war shaped ordinary people's understanding of independence.
Prof. Duval is a recipient of the long-term fellowship sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Massachusetts Historical Society.
To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page.
Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-42-Duval
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7 Sept 2026
Salt, Sea, and Sustainability: The Hidden History of Cod with Morgan Hardy
In this episode of Historians & Their Histories, we speak with Morgan Hardy. He discusses his dissertation, "Changes in the Sea: Early American Innovations in Sustainability," which examines whether eighteenth-century cod fisheries were sustainable and what early conservation practices New Englanders developed to protect declining fish populations. At the MHS, he has been uncovering the everyday realities of fishermen navigating a devastated fishery. We also learn about the fascinating anatomy and biology of Atlantic cod.
Morgan Hardy is a recipient of the Mary B. Wright Environmental History Fellowship from the MHS.
To learn more about MHS fellowships and how to apply, please visit this page (https://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships).
Learn more about this episode here: https://www.masshist.org/podcast/hath-episode-41-Hardy
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