Dear all,
Here is our monthly newsletter of the AMERICA2026 program.
Event of the month:
New Perspectives on French and American Revolutionary Constitutions
Dates: May 16-17, 2024
Location: Château de Tocqueville, in Normandy
This conference aims to provide new perspectives on Western constitutions (particularly French and American), highlighting points of convergence and contrasts, and to study recent debates on the strengths and weaknesses of constitutionalism in the face of unprecedented challenges in the United States and France. Program and further info attached to this newsletter.
Other events:
Communal Biography: Reflections on Centering Stories of the Enslaved
with Sara E. Johnson
Date: May 4, 2024, from 3:30-4:30pm EDT
Further information and registration details can be found here.
Liberty’s Odyssey: American Models of Liberty in Greek Enlightenment and Revolution
with Paschalis M. Kitromilides
Date: May 9, 2024, 6pm ET
Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall, 427 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA, or ONLINE
Registration and further info can be found here.
A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic
David Center Lecture with Francis D. Cogliano
Date: May 15, 2024, 7-8pm ET
Location: Washington Crossing Historic Park Visitor Center, 1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA, or ONLINE
Registration and further info can be found here
Transcribing The Revolutionary City
Date: May 19, 2024, 1-4pm ET
Location: APS Museum- Philosophical Hall, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA
19106 (note that this is an in-person event only).
Further information and registration details can be found here.
Resisting Enslavement in Vast Early America
WMQ-EMSI WORKSHOP 2024
Convener: Jennifer L. Morgan
Dates: May 30 – June 1, 2024
Location: Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Further information and program can be found here.
Events you might have missed:
‘To declare the causes of the separation’
Steve Sarson gave a talk this past April 30 at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Charlottesville
You might have missed it, but here is more info on this event!
Public History in a U.S. Presidential Election Year: An International Conversation about the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution
An OAH-NPCH roundtable on public history this past April 30
Bertrand Van Ruymbeke and Iris de Rode both participated
More info 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 next AMERICA2026 conference in Toulouse.
As a reminder: 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 Events – Looking Ahead:
Vast Early America: A Transcontinental Conversation
Omohundro Institute 27th Annual Conference
Dates: June 19-21, 2024
with a substantial AMERICA2026 contingent! Stay tuned!
