









JER From Conference Paper to Article Workshop
Open to anybody who has presented a conference paper on the era of the early republic in 2022, 2023, 2024, or 2025.







Tracking the Changes to American History
The JER/Pano launches the Early Republic Tracker to keep a record of changes in how history is represented online and in national parks, museums, and other historical sites.


Christ vs. Culture, Religion vs. Politics
Emily Conroy-Krutz reflects on the "porousness of the boundary between religion and politics" in the Early Republic, a dynamic paralleled in contemporary American denominations' debates over issues like LGBTQ rights.

“The Premise of Our Founding”: Immigration and Popular Mythmaking
Connie Thomas responds to the recent JER conversation on the Revolution at 250 by reflecting on the long running tension between celebratory rhetoric of the United States as a nation of immigrants and the stark reality of exclusionary impulses.