PHS LIVE
PHS LIVE is a webinar series that treats history fans and researchers with how-to sessions and author talks. Each webinar features the Society’s online resources, collections, and staff.
PHS LIVE: Presbyterian Mission in Persia and the Life of John Haskell Shedd
Join Executive Director Nancy J. Taylor on Thursday, April 4 from 5-6pm EDT on Zoom for a conversation with Dr. Hooman Estelami and descendants of John Haskell Shedd.
John Haskell Shedd served as a missionary in the city of Urmia in Northwestern Persia beginning in 1859. During his time in Urmia, Shedd methodically recorded his observations and experiences as he conducted missionary work among Christian populations in the Turco-Persian border region during the late nineteenth century.
Following a presentation on the first community of Presbyterian missionaries based in the city of Urmia, descendants of John Haskell Shedd will discuss their experience discovering an original manuscript about the life of Shedd and their efforts to publish the biography in 2023.
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PHS LIVE: Archival Research with Past PHS Fellows
PHS LIVE: Book Talk with Dr. Gene Zubovich
PHS LIVE: Building Knowledge and Breaking Barriers
PHS LIVE: Sanctuary and Accompaniment
PHS LIVE: LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in the PC(USA)
PHS LIVE: Historic General Assemblies
PHS LIVE: Remembering the Community School of Tehran
PHS LIVE: Religious News Service Photographs
PHS LIVE: A History of Black Protest in America with Reverend Jimmie Hawkins
PHS LIVE: A Conversation with Elona Street-Stewart
PHS LIVE: Reckoning with the Past
PHS LIVE: Hispanic and Latinx Ministries in the PC(USA)
PHS LIVE: The Angela Davis Legal Defense Fund 50 Years On
PHS LIVE: Saving Your Congregation's Records
PHS LIVE: Journal of Presbyterian History special issues on the dynamics of indigenization
PHS LIVE: The David Sindt Papers and LGBTQIA+ History
PHS LIVE: Rethinking the Value of Community Cookbooks
PHS LIVE: Women's History in the PHS Archive
PHS LIVE: Sarah Smith's Educational Advocacy for Arab Women, with Robert D. Stoddard
PHS LIVE: The Careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston, with Kimberly Hill
PHS LIVE: Meet the Executive Director
PHS LIVE: Racial Prejudice and Colonial Politics in Korean Mission History