Event Details

End: December 1, 2017
Contact: scholarly@loc.gov
More Info: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-169/library-to-host-symposium-on-early-research-of-papers-of-king-george-iii/2017-11-13/

Scholars who were recently among the first to examine the papers of King George III, the English monarch in power when the American colonies declared independence, in the Georgian Papers at England’s Windsor Castle will reveal their early findings in a symposium Friday, Dec. 1 at 2 p.m., at the Library of Congress.

The event is free, but tickets are required and are available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-georgian-papers-programme-tickets-39738048573. The symposium will be held in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Room 119, located at 10 First St. SE, Washington, D.C.

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress is partnering with the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and King’s College London to host the symposium.  Featured scholars for the symposium include:

• Arthur Burns, academic director of the Georgian Papers Programme and professor of modern British history at King’s College London
• Karin Wulf, director of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and professor of history at William & Mary; the Omohundro Institute and William & Mary are the primary U.S. partners in the Georgian Papers Programme
• Andrew O’Shaughnessy, vice president at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and professor of history at the University of Virginia
• Jim Ambuske, the Farmer Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Humanities at the University of Virginia School of Law library

Following the symposium, there will be a small display of items from the Library of Congress’s British Cartoon Prints Collection, which includes caricatures highlighting British political life, society and tensions with the colonies.

The Georgian Papers Programme (GPP) is an interdisciplinary project capitalizing on the mutual work of scholars, librarians, technologists, and digital specialists.  The GPP is a partnership between the Royal Collection Trust and King’s College London and is joined by primary United States partners the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (OI) and William & Mary, and with other participating U.S. institutions including Mount Vernon, the Sons of the American Revolution and the Library of Congress.  In a long-range initiative, the GPP will digitize, disseminate and interpret approximately 350,000 items, from the reigns of the George I through William IV (c. 1713–1820) from the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle.