About Rocky Mountain Seminar

Provo, UT

Established in 2006, the Rocky Mountain Seminar in Early American History brings together scholars of early American history from universities and colleges along the Wasatch Front. Sponsored by Brigham Young University, the University of Utah, and the Obert C. and Grace A. Tanner Humanities Center, the seminar meets twice each semester in Salt Lake City to discuss research in progress concerning the early history of the Americas.

For more information, or to inquire about presenting to the seminar, send an email to rmseah@byu.edu.


Affiliated Faculty:

Eric Hinderaker, University of Utah

  • Comparative Colonialism, Borderlands, American Indian

Christopher Hodson, Brigham Young University

  • French Colonialism, Atlantic World, Comparative Colonialism, Empire and the State

Rebecca Horn, University of Utah

  • Colonial Mexico/Latin America, Nahuatl, Comparative Colonialism

Matthew Mason, Brigham Young University

  • Slavery, Early Republic, Politics, Race Relations, Civil War

Michael L. Nicholls, Utah State University

  • Colonial Chesapeake, Slavery, Social History, Local History

Jenny Pulsipher, Brigham Young University

  • Colonial American Indian, New England, Borderlands

Brett Rushforth, Brigham Young University

  • French Colonialism, Comparative Race and Slavery, American Indian, Caribbean

Vikki Vickers, Weber State University

  • American Revolution, Intellectual History, Politics

Neil L. York, Brigham Young University

  • American Revolution, Constitutional History, Technology, Irish History