Anne Fertig, Ph.D.
Anne Fertig is the Digital Projects Editor at the Center for Digital History at the George Washington Presidential Library and the lead producer of the George Washington Podcast Network. A trained literary and book historian, Dr. Fertig completed her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022. In addition to her work at the George Washington Podcast Network, she is the founder and former co-director of Jane Austen & Co.
Jan. 31, 2024
Episode 5: The Uprising
As the British began to assert control over North America in the wake of the Seven Years' War, the actions of British American settlers and the messages of a native prophet convinced some Indigenous peoples throughout the Oh…
Dec. 12, 2023
Episode 4: The Empire
Great Britain's conquest of New France in North America and its victory in the Seven Years' War inspired British subjects on both sides of the Atlantic to look forward to a future they could see but through a glass darkly, a…