07/31/2023
Endicott College hosted The Salem Witch Trials: Their World & Legacy, a three-week summer institute for 26 middle and high school teachers from around the country that wrapped on July 28. The immersive experience was funded by a $200,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant.
“The historiography of Salem is one of the hottest and most debated, with the least amount of consensus,” said Associate Professor of History Elizabeth Matelski, who, along with Mark Herlihy, Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Communication, and Humanities co-directed the institute. “But it’s such an enriching and really fascinating story that—regardless of if you’re interested in women’s history or colonial history or you have an interest in dark history—there’s something for everybody.”
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