America 2026 : Amérique, Europe, Révolutions, Indépendance et Commémorations dans l’espace Atlantique
The centre of reference in France and in Europe on the histories and legacies of the American Revolution.
Based in France, AMERICA2026 is a collaborative program of scholarly events, publications and resources centred on the histories and legacies of the American Revolution in comparative European and transatlantic perspective. It brings together senior and junior researchers from France, Europe, the United States, Japan and Mexico contributing collaboratively and in a global and decentred perspective to the debates and the academic and cultural productions surrounding the commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States in 2026.
What’s New?
Oberg Workshop for Junior Scholars
This workshop explores the nature of Atlantic connections and their role in eighteenth-century Revolutions. In what ways was the Atlantic world tied together over the course of the eighteenth century? How did broader patterns of connection and change shape the local? Should we label the era that saw old empires fracture and new nation-states and empires emerge as an age of “revolution” or “revolutions”?
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