History Symposium

Our 2026 livestream lineup! Gareth completed, recording available. Marlene Daut up next! historysymposium.com

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New episode in our Conversations on the War of 1812. We were delighted to have Thomas Malcomson join us to discuss the state of the respective navies in the year 1812. Notable are frigate ship to ship actions on the Atlantic and setting up on the Lakes youtu.be/DLys8tNbzGA?si…

youtube.com/live/Eg7-3f_bH… The video is available for yesterday's livestream with Ben Townsend. A very dynamic look at men's fashion in the era of Jane Austen!

Tomorrow! Join us on the livestream or go any time after to our YouTube channel to see the recording! @HeritageDaysHistorySymposium" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@HeritageDaysH…

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Preparing for a naval episode with Thomas Malcomson and had a number of questions around privateers. He said "you must talk to Faye Kert!" Lovely chat with the amazing and knowledgeable Faye Kert! Video: youtu.be/txJ1l71-JoI?si… Podcast link in next post in the thread 1/2

In one week! Online and FREE! This talk by Ben Townsend is an imaginary recreation of the clothes of Jane Austen’s male protagonists with reference to contemporary sources. historysymposium.com/ben-townsend/

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As we are winding down the year 1812, we visit with Luc Lepine to talk about Lower Canada and particularly how the militia was organized. A topic that we do not think ever gets a lot of focus. youtu.be/mqqjswU1W5E?si…

rss.com/podcasts/conve… Our Conversations on the War of 1812 series, including our latest episode with Tim Abel is also available as a podcast!

youtu.be/pqUf4fAh9nQ?si… New video in the War of 1812 Conversations Series! Tim Abel from the Sackets Harbor area joined us to talk about the east end of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River in the year 1812. Setting the stage for much bigger happenings in 1813!

youtube.com/live/0juI0weSt… What an awesome session with Marlene yesterday! She has a lot of passion for this subject. Recording now available.

@HeritageDaysHistorySymposium" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@HeritageDaysH… Today! FREE live stream. Marlene L. Daut is Professor of French and African Diaspora Studies at Yale University and will talk on Haiti's King Henry Christophe. Simply go to our channel to see the livestream or recording!

Coming up! This Thursday. Marlene Daut on Haiti's history. historysymposium.com/marlene-daut/

youtu.be/ve9KQA5o4ds?si… On this date in 1813, the Second Battle of the River Raisin (Monroe, Michigan). In 2025, we connected with local historian Ralph Naveaux to walk the battlefield.

New Episode! So awesome to have our friend Jim Hill talk on affairs in the Niagara area as war comes to that area in 1812. Video: youtu.be/tzw71dAPhB4?si… Podcast: rss.com/podcasts/conve…

historysymposium.com/emmanuel-duboi… We have added our April talk to round out our Spring series. Emmanuel Dubois will talk about the "King's Daughters". There was a lot of interest in this topic when he did his episode on New France 2 years ago! Online and FREE!

rss.com/podcasts/conve… All 11 episodes of have now been uploaded as podcasts. In the future for the conversations series, we will post both a videos and podcasts A lot of people like consuming content on podcasts if you podcast, please give us a subscription and a listen!