By Jeremy Dibbell

It’s a busy week at 1154 Boylston as we officially kick off our fall events lineup. Here’s what’s happening:

Today, Monday 14 September, join us at 12 noon for a brown-bag lunch with research fellow Deborah McNally of the University of Washington. She’ll discuss her project, “Within Patriarchy: Puritan Women in Massachusetts’s Congregational Churches, 1630-1715.”

On Wednesday, 16 September, another brown-bag lunch (also at 12 noon), with research fellow Elizabeth Kelly Gray of Towson University. Elizabeth will speak on “Worlds of Pain: Opium and Early America.”

And also on Wednesday 16 September, we’ll host author Ray Raphael at 6 p.m. for a lecture and booksigning related to his new book, Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation. Refreshments will be served at 5:30 p.m. More info here.