Established: 1977. Affiliate since May 1983. Membership: 1,200. Annual dues: $30-70 individual; $120 institution.

Statement of Purpose: The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) is an association of scholars dedicated to exploring the events and the meaning of United States history between 1776 and 1861. SHEAR’s mission is to foster the study of the early republican period among professional historians, students, and the general public. It upholds the highest intellectual standards of the historical profession and encourages the broad diffusion of historical insights through all appropriate channels, including schools, museums, libraries, electronic media, public programming, archives, and publications.

Annual Meeting: July

Publication: Journal of the Early American Republic, quarterly

Website: http://www.shear.org/

Address
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
Univ. of Pennsylvania
3355 Woodland Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531
Phone: 215.746.5393

Primary Contact: Amy Baxter-Bellamy, abaxter@sas.upenn.edu

Officers

President
Amy Greenberg
Penn State Univ.
E-mail: amygreenberg@psu.edu

Immediate Past President
Annette Gordon-Reed
Harvard Univ.
E-mail: agordonreed@law.harvard.edu

Executive Coordinator
Amy L. Baxter-Bellamy
McNeil Center for Early Amer. Studies
E-mail: abaxter@sas.upenn.edu

Treasurer
Gene Allen Smith
Texas Christian Univ.
E-mail: g.smith@tcu.edu

Editor, Journal of the Early American Republic
Andrew Shankman
Rutgers Univ., Camden
E-mail: shankman@camden.rutgers.edu

Editor, Journal of the Early American Republic
David Waldstreicher
Graduate Center, CUNY
E-mail: dwaldstreicher@gc.cuny.edu

Updated 11/5/20