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The Cliopatria Symposium is an irregular/monthly feature here at Cliopatria -– monthly to remind us to do it periodically and irregular so we won't necessarily do one just because the calendar says so. Manan Ahmed has agreed to keep the agenda for the symposia. We'll need worthy articles to discuss: If you come across an article that appears to be a likely candidate for attention here, please recommend it to him: manan*at*uchicago*dot*edu.

The list of symposiums held to date:

• Valérie Rosoux's"Forgiveness: Grandeur or Political Slogan" April 2008
• "Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms" August 2007
• "Jamestown 2007" May 2007
• "A Historian for the People" March 2007
• "British and American 'Imperialisms' Compared" July 2006
• "Transnational Histories of America" April 2006
• "Wilentz on Bush's Ancestors" October 2005
• "Empires: Beyond Imperialism" August 2005
• "America's Unfinished Revolution" July 2005
• "Forget the Founding Fathers" June 2005

Valérie Rosoux's"Foregiveness: Grandeur or Political Slogan" (April 2008)

• Call for Comment including links to"Forgiveness: Grandeur or Political Slogan?" and"Human rights and the ‘work of memory’ in international relations (excerpt)" by Valérie Rosoux.
• Cliopatria: Robinson-Ahmed dialogue
• Elsewhere: Andrew Ross, Jonathan Dresner

Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms (August 2007)

• Nicholas Wade's preview of Gregory Clark's A Farewell to Alms,"In Dusty Archives, A Theory of Affluence," NYT, 7 August

Responses to In Dusty Archives, A Theory of Affluence

• Brad deLong,"Greg Clark's New Book, A Farewell to Alms, Grasping Reality with Both Hands, 7 August, argues that right or wrong, the book is"brilliant."
• Mary Dudziak,"Was the Industrial Revolution Caused by Evolution?" Legal History Blog, 7 August, says the claims are provocative, but we'll wait to see the book, itself.
• Jason Kuznicki,"A Farewell to Alms?" Positive Liberty, 11 August, where our colleagues, Sharon Howard and Nathanael Robinson, respond in comments.
• Nathanael Robinson,"Tales from the Monocausal Universe, pt 1," Rhine River, 15 August.
• ______________,"Tales from the Monocausal Universe, pt 2," Rhine River, 18 August.
• Richard Stern,"Genetic Values," Open University, 14 August.
• John Carter Wood,"Some Thoughts on Evolution, History and Capitalist Genes ...," Obscene Desserts, 14 August.

   

Gregory Clark's Response and Further Discussion:

• Gregory Clark Responds
• Mary Dudziak, On the Blogosphere's critique of A Farewell to Alms: The author responds, 21 August
• J. Carter Wood, With the Wave of a Hand, 21 August

Jamestown 2007 (May 2007)

• Call for Comments on Jamestown's place in American historical memory.
• Symposium with responses by Rob MacDougall, Ralph Luker, Jonathan Reynolds, Rebecca Goetz and others.

A Historian for the People (March 2007)

• Call for Comments on Sam Tanenhaus's History, Written in the Present Tense, NYT, March 4, 2007.
• Symposium with responses by Ralph Luker, Scott Mclemee and others
• Sam Tanenhaus Responds

British and American 'Imperialisms' Compared (July 2006)

• Call for Comments on Bernard Porter's"British And American ‘Imperialisms’ Compared", HNN June 2006.
• Cliopatria: Jonathan Reynolds, KC Johnson, Manan Ahmed, Oscar Chamberlain
• Other Responses: A Smoother Pebble
• Author Response: Bernard Porter

Transnational Histories of America (April 2006)

• Call for Comments on Thomas Bender's"No Borders: Beyond the Nation State," Chronicle of Higher Education 07 April 2006.
• Cliopatria: Caleb McDaniel, Rob McDougall, K.C. Johnson, Greg Robinson, Nathaneal Robinson
• Other Responses: Evan Roberts, Jim Fedako
• Thomas Bender Responds

Wilentz on Bush's Ancestors (October 2005)

• Call for Comments on Sean Wilentz's"Bush's Ancestors," New York Times Magazine 16 October 2005.
• Cliopatria: Dresner, Johnson, Luker, McDaniel, Moses, Robinson
• Other Responses: Marc Comtois, Louis Proyect, Mark Safranski

Empires: Beyond Imperialism (August 2005)

• Call forComments on Akira Iriye's"Beyond Imperialism: The New Internationalism," Dædalus (Spring 2005).
• Cliopatria: Robinson, Dresner, Ahmed
• Other Responses: Rick Shenkman, Brian Ulrich, Brandon Watson

America's Unfinished Revolution (July 2005)

• Call for Comments on Gary B. Nash's"America's Unfinished Revolution," CHE, 1 July 2005.
• Cliopatria Responds: Burke, Dresner, Johnson, Luker, Moses, Robinson
• Other Responses: Marc Comtois

Forget the Founding Fathers: American Historiography (June 2005)

• Call for Comments on Barry Gewen's"Forget the Founding Fathers," NYT, 5 June 2005.
• Cliopatria Responds: Dresner, Johnson, Luker, MacDougall, McDaniel
• Other Responses: Catsam, Merkowitz, Sciabarra
• Wrap-up: Response by article author Barry Gewen