Join us as Professor Richard Johnson returns to present the College of Arts and Sciences History Lectures. In this five-part series, Professor Johnson explores the lives and work of the first founders, those who created the societies of early North America.

Beginning with America’s first inhabitants – the Indians from the Northwest – Professor Johnson examines the effects, at once creative and catastrophic, of the arrival of new European and African peoples from across the Atlantic. Competing empires that rose and fell, set the stage for English colonies as they spread along the eastern seaboard. Johnson explores the fierce clash of race and culture and examines the interweaving of politics and religion. Finally, he examines the forces that forged new states and social systems, all of which ultimately shape the emergence of the United States.

When:	Tuesdays, January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 2007, 7-9 p.m.
Where:	Kane Hall Room 130, UW Seattle Campus
Cost:	Series Tickets: UWAA Member $50, Non-member $60, Student $20 Patron Tickets: UWAA Member Club $100, Non-member $125 Individual Lectures: UWAA Member $12, Non-member $15, Student $5 Parking Pass (covers all 5 nights): $25
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Update: The roads are mostly clear in the University Disctrict - the January 16 lecture will take place as planned. Tickets will be available at the door.

Patron Tickets include all five lectures, preferred seating, and a tax-deductible donation to the UWAA and the College of Arts & Sciences. Non-member Patron Tickets also include UWAA membership.

Schedule

January 16
A Clash of Continents
After millennia of separate development, contrasting North American, European, and African societies and cultures collide as a flood of old world migrants cross the ocean. Amid fierce struggle and demographic upheavals, new American empires, both European and Indian, take shape within what is now an Atlantic world.

January 23
The Chesapeake and New England: the English Take Root
The English, late upon the scene, struggle through hardship and exploitation to establish Virginia, the colony “founded on smoke.” To the north, Puritan settlers with very different motives craft bible commonwealths and town life in New England.

January 30
The Remaking of Government, Race, and Labor
A second wave of English settlement in Maryland, Carolina, and Pennsylvania brings new forms of constitutional government and religious practice, sharpening divisions within society. Indians and colonists move from coexistence to confrontation. Ways of life and work marked by class rivalries and white servant labor are reshaped by the massive importation of African peoples now destined by their race to be slaves.

February 6
A Time of Troubles and the Spread of Empire
As the colonies pass through a time of social and political instability, they are drawn within England’s political control. A “Glorious Revolution” on both sides of the Atlantic launches half a century of royal government, imperial warfare, and dramatic internal growth.

February 13
Reviving Religion and Inspiring Rebellion
Amid a burgeoning prosperity, the colonists seek to recover their religious purpose in America’s first “Great Awakening,” pioneering new relationships between church and state.  Victory in war precipitates imperial reform and resentment, setting a course for rebellion and a new America.

Internationally recognized scholar of early American history, Richard Johnson studied medieval history at Oxford University in his native England before pursuing graduate work in American history at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the UW Department of History in 1972 and served as chair from 1992 to 1997. He teaches a range of graduate and undergraduate courses in colonial, constitutional, and modern American history, and was a recipient of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. Professor Johnson’s current research interests include the shaping of empires and imperial identity in early North America, and the processes of state-formation during the American Revolution. He is the author of two books and more than 20 articles and chapters on early American and early modern Atlantic history.

Location and Directions

The History Lecture Series takes place in Kane Hall Room 130. Kane Hall is located on the north side of Red Square on the UW Seattle campus. View a map showing the location. Paid parking is available in the Central Plaza Garage below Kane Hall. The campus is served by many bus routes - see the UW's transit info page for details.

Driving Directions: From I-5, take the NE 45th Street exit (#169). Turn east onto NE 45th Street. Continue east about one quarter mile to 15th Avenue NE and turn right. Head south on 15th Avenue three blocks to NE 41st Street. Turn left at Gate #1 into the Central Plaza Garage. Stop at the gatehouse inside the garage for directions and a parking permit.

Transit Information: The University of Washington encourages you to join our efforts to improve traffic conditions and to protect the environment. Please consider using an alternative to driving alone to get to events on campus. There are more than 60 bus routes from all over King and Snohomish counties serving the University District— 35 come right to campus. Getting here by bus is easy and inexpensive. For more information on taking a bus to the UW, visit the UW's Getting Here site.