Roundtable discussion on Penn State University Press’s New History of Quakerism Series

This panel examines Penn State University Press’s (PSUP) New History of Quakerism series to address the question are we now in a position to write a truly postcolonial history of Quakerism? The New History of Quakerism series emerged in the late teens to “offer a fresh, comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of the history of Quakerism from its seventeenth-century origins to the twenty-first century.” The series now includes five volumes with a sixth in process. The series has many strengths. Has it achieved its promise? What efforts did authors and editors make to explore entanglement with empire and what that has meant for Quakers? Has the series moved us closer to being able to write postcolonial Quaker history? What are the advantages and challenges of co-authored, co-edited collections? What would the authors and editors have done differently to achieve a truly postcolonial history of Quakerism?