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I was offered admission into William & Mary's American history MA program with some funding. I applied for the PhD program, but I'm still seriously considering this offer. At any rate, it makes me happy to know that W&M wants me on some level

Hey all...figured I'd join in the conversation. I graduate in May next year with a BA in history, minor in music history. I'm an early Americanist, and I'm interested in areas of identity construction, material culture, and how identity affected music performance. I'm interning this summer at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and I've discovered a really interesting subject that I would like to research for my senior paper that I will write this fall, and have finished in time to use as a writing sample (if there are enough sources). I came across the life of Jean-Baptiste Pandoua, a 15 year old native of Madagascar who joined the Soissonnais Regiment of the French army in 1777 as a musician and fought in the American Revolution under Rochambeau, including at the Battle of Yorktown. As the French were making their way to Boston to sail home, he deserted the army in Oct 1782 in Connecticut. I'm fascinated by this story! Anyway, I've been in contact with a few professors who I would like to work with, my best interaction was with Dr. Cynthia Kierner of George Mason University. I have to send a few more emails out I suppose. I've already taken the GRE, and I received a 620 v, which I wasn't too pleased with, but I spoke to about 6 trusted professors and they were split even on whether it would really matter to take again or not. I'm just going to focus on my writing sample and statement of purpose letter. I know I will have strong LOR's so I'm not worried about that. It would be great to get a full ride into a PhD program right away, but I'm prepared to do an MA first, with how things are these days in the field. I'll just be happy to further delve into my research!

Yeah I definitely want to buy this book for myself and see what type of sources he uses. It's an interesting thesis, it will be interesting to see how he builds it.

I found this video very interesting. Dr. Thaddeus Russell has recently written a book on American history looking at it from the perspective of the gutter up. He credits the urban lower classes for creating the free America that we know today by simply breaking the rules of 19th c. Victorian moralism. Really interesting thesis. Watch the video! http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/ <-- Dr. Russell's website.

She was so chill and down to earth in person! She is such an intelligent woman. And she autographed my book!

Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed is coming to Philadelphia tonight and I'm driving into town to see her speak. While she'll be here speaking about her forthcoming book on Andrew Johnson, I'm bringing my copy of The Hemingses of Monticello to have her sign it. Has anyone read this book? Because of my interest in colonial American identity and whiteness her work has been eye-opening, especially the way she allows her legal background to inform her work. Law was (and still is to some extent imo) so important in creating identity in colonial America - not just along racial but also along class and gender lines. I also appreciate her work on the historiography of Jefferson and how it shows that bias can creep in to even the most objective of historians, and also how the bias that existed in the Jefferson-Hemings historiography was actually shaped by the unfair legal status of blacks and women in the 18th century. Anyway, I'm a big fan of hers! I can't wait until tonight!

Thanks for the info everyone! As much as I want to think that if I take it again I'll do better, I'm not sure if that's true. I have appointments to meet with 2 of my professors who I consider mentors, and I'm going to ask them what they think. I spoke to another one of my mentors, Dr. Steve Gimber, early Americanist at West Chester U, and he really wasn't able to give me a definitive answer either way. I wish this process were easier...

In reply to the OP, I am also working on a paper to be presented at a conference in my state in April. Is it the PAT conf. at Villanova in PA by any chance? I'm also going to be submitting said paper to an interdisciplinary academic journal for libertarians (I'm showing my political colors here haha). I work as an interpretive tour guide at the Colonial PA Plantation, an 18th c. living history farm. I'm doing some light research right now on labor systems of 18th c. Chester County, PA and using the records from the plantation as a starting point. There were a few slaves and a mulatto indentured servant that lived on the plantation, however until recently, they were not considered in the interpretation of the site. This is changing however. This summer I am going to be interning at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in the Military Programs department. I'll be interpreting the life of a VA militia soldier and give tours of the powder magazine, and I will also be researching black soldiers in VA during the revolution - both on the American and British side. I also teach piano, I have 5 students ages 7-11 and I love it! ETA: I'm beginning to gather sources for a paper that I'm writing for a European history class I am taking dealing with oppression in early modern Europe. I am going to write about the underground world of homosexuality in London using the book Select Trials at the Sessions House in the Old Bailey from 1720-1723. This stuff is downright bawdy!

Thanks for the reply! That field school looks really interesting, I'll have to look into that. I definitely have a very interdisciplinary approach to history so I find archaeology and material culture invaluable to understanding social and cultural history. Yeah, I'm really stoked for CW, and I'm sure that can't hurt to have on my resume. I'm not sure I have the appetite to sit for the GRE again, it was enough stress doing it once. I just wish my verbal was like 10-15 pts higher, oh well. You mention presentations and I forgot to say that I'm presenting a paper this April at the Phi Alpha Theta Conference at Villanova University on the conception of property in 18th c. America. In my head, I'm doing an anthology of work on whiteness, property, identity, etc. until I reach my dissertation. This paper is the first (albeit tiniest) step!

I guess I'll go... I'm new here. I see there are several early Americanists as well, feel free to pm me I would love to talk about research areas in depth. My field of research is colonial America social and cultural history. Specifically whiteness studies and identity construction, and the role that music played in delineating (and more often not delineating) those boundaries. UG Major: History Minor: Music History GPA: 3.86 Major GPA: 3.85 Took the GRE yesterday so I haven't gotten the writing score back. V 620 Q 650 Extras: Member of Phi Alpha Theta - presenting a paper at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at Villanova University in April on the conception of property (legally recognized whiteness) in 18th c. America. Work as interpretive tour guide and educator at Colonial PA Plantation, an 18th c. living history museum. Volunteer at Chester County Historical Society Summer 2011 Internship at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in the Public History and Military Programs Deparments Accomplished musican, piano teacher Conversationally fluent in French Programs I am interested in: W&M (History and AMS) UVA UNC UMICH Johns Hopkins Univ of MD Rutgers Univ of Miss GWU American Univ of DE I know this is a long list but you have to cast a wide net right? I'm honestly not that confident in my GRE score although I know everyone says it doesn't matter. I know my LOR will be strong and I'm working on putting my SOP together now with the help of a few mentors of mine. This entire process is absolutely the most stressful thing I've ever done, although I'm sure graduate school will have plenty of stress on its own! ETA: Not sure if this will have much impact on an application, but I will be working for a 2012 presidential campaign as well. I am not yet at liberty to say who exactly though, since it is not official.

Hey all... I have 3 semesters left before I graduate w/ a BA in history, music history minor. I want to pursue grad studies in colonial American history. I go to a decent public university now, my GPA is 3.86 and it's slightly higher in my major. I scored a 620 V and 650 Q, and I also will be interning at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation this coming summer. Anyone able to guess what my chances may be for getting into a program like William and Mary, UVA or U Mich? I don't think my verbal score is high enough, but then you always hear that the GRE doesn't actually help you? The average scores for the schools I mentioned are in the 640s. How much of a difference is there between a 620 and a 640? Do schools look at just the number score or do they also look at the percentile? Thanks in advance!