Dear all,
Here is our monthly newsletter of the AMERICA2026 program.
Event of the month:
On March 28-29, the first ANR-funded conference of our program took place in Nantes.
The conference was organized by Pr. Eric Schnakenbourg at Nantes Université and dedicated to European colonies in the Americas and the American Revolution (1776-early 19th century), sparking a transatlantic and hemispheric conversation on diplomacy & trade, empire, European and continental connections.
Here are threads documenting two days of work:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1773273993132327022.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1773631905822384326.html
Other events:
John Marshall and the Partisan Politics of Early America
Colloq with Rachel A. Shelden
Organized by the Omohundro Institute
Date: April 2, 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT
Registration and further information here
Suffering for the Crown: The Hudson Valley Loyalists, Violence, and Forced Migration in Revolutionary North America
with Kieran O’Keefe
Organized by the David Center for the American Revolution
Date: April 10, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Registration and further information here
“Sister Revolutions” Public History Podcast Launch Celebration
Brown Residential College and the Charlottesville Sister Cities Commission invite you to the celebratory launch of “Sister Revolutions,” a public history community documentary podcast that considers the history and legacies of the American and French Revolutions on a local scale in Charlottesville, VA and in our French sister city, Besançon.
Date: Monday April 15, 2024 from 12:00–2:00
Jefferson Hall (Hotel C) on the Lawn | University of Virginia
RSVP here
Taken Not Given: The End of Slavery in Britain
Colloq with Simon Newman
Organized by the Omohundro Institute
April 16, 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT
Registration and further information here
Earth Day: Roots and Shoots in Jefferson Garden
Date: April 21, 2024, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. ET
Jefferson Garden, 105 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Registration and further information here
The German Association of American Studies’ annual meeting will feature a panel on “‘The Vast and Howling Wilderness’: Sounds of Early America”
Conference Dates: May 23-25, 2024
Oldenburg, Germany
Program and further information available here
Partnership Reminder
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon (GWPL) and AMERICA2026 are thrilled to announce a new fellowship program to facilitate the greater international exchange of scholars studying the era of the American Revolution.
In 2024, the GWPL has special travel fellowship funds available for scholars who are interested in either presenting at or have a reason to attend and participate in one of the following conferences AMERICA2026 is hosting.
These conferences are:
-May 16-17 in Normandy, “New Perspectives on French and American Revolutionary”; -November 13-14 in Toulouse, “American Politics and the Memory of the Revolution (18th-21st centuries)”
Full presentation about the fellowship available here.
Applicants should submit paper proposals of up to 750 words and a CV to gwfellows@mountvernon.org
Please submit any questions about the program to gwfellows@mountvernon.org
Other Event of Interest:
Franklin (miniseries)
On a lighter note, Apple TV+ will launch its miniseries Franklin (starring Michael Douglas as the Founding Father himself) in April. The series is based on Stacy Schiff’s biography A Great Improvisation (2005) and will focus on Franklin’s years in France.
