Dear all,
Here is our monthly newsletter of the AMERICA2026 program, the first of 2024. We are wishing all of our stakeholders, sponsors, partners and friends a wonderful new year filled with exciting projects and connections. We hope to see you at one of our events this year!
Events of the month:
First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity
With Maurizio Valsania (University of Turin)
Gilder Lehrman Institute Book Break Series
Date: January 14, 2024 at 2:00 pm ET (Zoom)
More information on access and registration here
Fugitive Figures. Online Guest Lecture & Discussion (Siegen University)
With Molly J. Farrell (Ohio State)
Date: January 15, 2024, 7-8 p.m. CET, via Webex
Registration and Contact: lukas.etter@uni-siegen.de
Bucking the Counterfeiters: The Science Behind Franklin’s Money Printing
With Khachatur Manukyan
Organized by the David Center for the American Revolution Seminar
Date: January 17, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET (and ONLINE)
Registration required. More information here
Revelation and the American Revolution: Understanding and Justifying War with Britain through Personal Prophecy and Biblical Exegesis
With Jennifer Egloff
Organized by the David Center for the American Revolution Seminar
Date: January 24, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET (ONLINE) Registration required. More information here.
Transcribing The Revolutionary City
Organized by the APS
Date: January 24, 2024, 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. ET, APS Museum- Philosophical Hall
Please note that this is an in-person event.
Registration required. More information here
Publications of interest:
History Now: The Journal, Winter Issue 2023. The Reception and Impact of the Declaration of Independence, 1776-1826. More information can be found here
Eric Schnakenbourg, La quasi-guerre. Le conflit entre la France et les États-Unis (1796-1800), Paris, Tallandier, out on Jan. 11, 2024. More information here.
Gilles Havard, Les Natchez, vie et destin d’un peuple nord-américain, Paris, Tallandier, out on Jan. 24, 2024. More information here.
Early American Studies. An Interdisciplinary Journal VOLUME 22, NUMBER 1 (WINTER 2024), Understanding the American Revolution in Twenty–First–Century France, eds. Kevin Butterfield and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke. Soon to be announced here.
Other Events of Interest:
The SEAA 17-18 will hold its annual conference at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Jan. 11-13, 2024. AMERICA2026 will hold a panel entitled “Memory and Oblivion in the Transatlantic World” (Chair: Bertrand Van Ruymbeke). More information here.
AMERICA 2026 and new research: Leila Tnainchi just defended her PhD Dissertation at Université de Franche-Comté / Centre Lucien Febvre, under the supervision of Pr. Edmond Dziembowski, congrats to her! Her dissertation was entitled: “La correspondance de Benjamin Franklin, psyché de la France d’Ancien Régime (1776-1790)”. Benjamin Franklin’s stay in France between 1776 and 1785 as an envoy of the United States leaves a strong image, that of the remarkable popularity of the diplomat, which affects all strata of society at the time. The aim of this thesis is to paint a portrait of the French at the end of the 18th century, through the mirror of the multifaceted public image of a famous foreigner. Franklin’s important French correspondence, as well as numerous printed and iconographic sources, allow us to better understand the ideas and mentality of Louis XVI’s subjects through the study of numerous themes, such as sciences, techniques, politics, salons, Freemasonry, the court, commerce and even the army. This research also reveals how the French perceived America and the United States during this period.
