Daniel Howlett

History PhD candidate at George Mason University researching early American religion and disability from the 1660s to the 1820s.

July 27, 2024

Episode 9: The Sugar

In the 1760s, Jamaica and the islands of the British Caribbean were the crown jewels of Britain's American Empire. And as King George III's ministers searched for solutions to a vexing imperial puzzle and moved to a counter …

Guests: Andrew O'Shaughnessy, Ph.D. , Norman Rodger , Nate Sleeter, Ph.D. , Trevor Burnard, Ph.D. , Daniel Howlett , Anne Fertig, Ph.D. , Beau Robbins , Brooke Newman, Ph.D. , Mary Draper, Ph.D. , Abby Chandler, Ph.D.

Nov. 14, 2023

Episode 3: The Triumph

Following three years of stinging defeats in the Seven Years' War, the British begin to turn the tide against the French in North America in no small measure because Indigenous peoples decided the war should end. Featuring:…

Guests: Fred Anderson, Ph.D. , Matthew Dziennik, Ph.D. , Serena Zabin, Ph.D. , Julie Flavell, Ph.D. , Christian Ayne Crouch, Ph.D. , Emmanuel Dubois , Alexandre Rios-Bordes, Ph.D. , John McCurdy, Ph.D. , Michael Newton, Ph.D. , Daniel Howlett