Dear ADE Member,

We’re happy to announce this year’s 2025 virtual conference registration is open and the program is available. We look forward to seeing you on Zoom. Registration for the ADE 2025 Virtual Conference is free for current members and $30 for non-members.

The program for is available below and on the ADE website.

Virtual ADE2025 Program

➤ Click here to register for ADE2025

Pre-Conference for Members

Monday, June 16, 2025

• ADE Annual Business Meeting
  2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
• Website Soft Launch
  3:10–3:50 p.m. EDT / 2:10–2:50 p.m. CDT / 1:10–1:50 p.m. MDT / 12:10–12:50 p.m. PDT
  Presenters: Serenity Sutherland and Erica Cavanaugh
  Questions can be sent to the presenters in advance.

Virtual Conference Day 1

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

• Rittenour-Stevens Prize Presentation and Paper
  2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT
  Prize Committee: Carol DeBoer-Langworthy
  Paper: Riley Ford,
  Housework, Homework: Japanese War Brides, Brides’ Schools, and the Teachings of American Domesticity
• Roundtable: The ADE and the U.S. Semiquincentennial
  3:15–4:15 p.m. EDT / 2:15–3:15 p.m. CDT / 1:15–2:15 p.m. MDT / 12:15–1:15 p.m. PDT
  Panelists: Michael David Cohen, William M. Ferraro, Katherine A.S. Sibley

Virtual Conference Day 2

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Lightning Talks 1 – Coffee/Tea Hour

2–3 p.m. EDT / 1–2 p.m. CDT / 12–1 p.m. MDT / 11 a.m.–12 p.m. PDT

• Lindsey R. Peterson: Balancing Length of Biographical Information in the Civil War and Reconstruction Governors of Mississippi Project
• Andrew Wiley: The Document Search in the Increasingly Digital Age
• Erik A. Johnson: Reforging Chains of Correspondence – The Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library
• Sherry Darling: Story Paths: A New Feature at the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
• Elisabeth Kluin: The Subject Spotter Project
• Katarzyna Kaczmarek: AI in the Modernization of (19th Century Polish) Texts

Lightning Talks 2 – Cocktail Hour

3:15–4:15 p.m. EDT / 2:15–3:15 p.m. CDT / 1:15–2:15 p.m. MDT / 12:15–1:15 p.m. PDT

• Peter W. Walker: Myles Cooper’s Historical Anecdotes: A Transatlantic Loyalist Network in the Revolutionary Era
• Jennifer McGillan: One Great Document: Tucker Minds to Colin B., 1816: A passionate letter written in contemplation of death, from HMS Albion, off the coast of Algeria.
• Christopher Minty: Projects I Wished I Worked On: Drawing inspiration from Alicia Keys’ Songs I Wish I Wrote, performed at the 61st Grammy’s. A lightning talk highlighting innovative and engaging projects that I wish I worked on/contributed to. Old and new. Big and Small.
• Dreanna Belden: One Great Document: a Woman’s Perspective on the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1824 Visit to Yorktown and Norfolk
• Rachel Lane: My Hat Is In the Drink: The Story Behind the Cocktail Inspired by TR’s Unprecedented Run for a Third Term

Happy/Sad/Feelings/Fresh Hell/What Now?/Are We Allowed to Be Happy? Hour

4:30–5:30 p.m. EDT / 3:30–4:30 p.m. CDT / 2:30–3:30 MDT / 1:30–2:30 p.m. PDT

• Break-out rooms available based on lightning talk topics and for general chat.
• Participants are invited to share favorite historical (non)alcoholic drink recipes to be shared a week ahead. Send recipes to kathryn.tomasek@gmail.com.

Additional Information:
Opportunities for virtual discussion will be available throughout the conference; platform TBD.