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Editor's Subject: American Antiquarian Society Seminar, Monday, November 9: Jessica Lepler
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Date Written: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:24:28 -0400
Date Posted: Thu, 28 Oct 2009 12:24:28 -0400

Jessica Lepler
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:04:12 -0400
From: Erickson, Paul <perickson@mwa.org>

Announcing an upcoming academic seminar to be held at the American
Antiquarian Society in Worcester, MA. On Monday, November 9, at 4:30 PM,
Jessica Lepler, an assistant professor of history at the University of
New Hampshire and a current Hench Post-dissertation Fellow at AAS, will
be giving a talk titled:

A PICTURE OF PANIC: CONSTRUCTING JACKSONIAN HARD TIMES IN WORDS AND IMAGES

Prof. Lepler has provided the following précis of her talk:

During the spring of 1837, a dramatic financial crisis launched a period
of economic chaos that ended the Jacksonian Era. The archived images of
the panic of 1837, however, reflect very little of the experiences of
financial uncertainty and economic hardship that are all too familiar in
2009. By exploring the construction of the panic of 1837 in words and
images, "A Picture of Panic" illustrates not only the changing meaning
of the word panic in the late 1830s, but also an important moment in the
historical development of our own pictures of panic.

The seminar will take place in the Elmarion Room at the Goddard-Daniels
House, located at 190 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA, 01609. Further
details are available on the AAS website, www.americanantiquarian.org.

Paul J. Erickson
Director of Academic Programs
American Antiquarian Society
508-471-2158

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