• Sumatra’s Maritime History: Before and After the Salem Pepper Trade

    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Join professor Michael Feener for a lecture presenting some broad context for understanding the brief, but impactful, period in which merchant seafarers from the early American Republic traded with the Sumatran province of Aceh. The establishment of that trade in the expanding pepper-producing region of Aceh’s west coast will be situated within a long history...

  • Salem’s Centuries

    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States

    This event has been rescheduled due to weather. The event is sold out! Join Salem State University's history professors Donna Seger and Brad Austin for a fascinating talk about their brand- new book, "Salem's Centuries: New Perspectives on the History of an Old American City." Drs. Seger and Austin will discuss some of their favorite...