Dear all,
Here is our monthly newsletter of the AMERICA2026 program.
Events of the month:
Vast Early America: A Transcontinental Conversation Omohundro Institute 27th Annual Conference
Dates: June 19-21, 2024
Université de Poitiers, France
with a substantial AMERICA2026 contingent!
Check out the program here.
Further information on registration and participation can be found here.
Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past
Dates: June 20-22, 2024
John Carter Brown Library, and also Zoom
The program, that you can check out here, will feature an AMERICA 2026 panel and a keynote by AMERICA2026 member Manuel Covo, from UCSB.
Further information on registration and participation can be found here.
As we approach a series of 250th anniversaries, the histories of the American Founding have never been more hotly contested. In the United States, historians regard 2026 with some trepidation and a lot of determination to educate a wary public about the importance of evidence to the interpretation of the past. With nationalist movements—who tend to appropriate founding narratives for their own political purposes—on the rise around the world, histories of the international revolutionary era are equally fragile and fraught elsewhere. Indeed, the difficulty of addressing these pasts might lead to avoiding history altogether in a lot of the 250th commemorations. This event is co-sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Other events:
Transcribing The Revolutionary City
Date: June 12, 2024, 6-9pm 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.
Exploring the Declaration – Civic Season Kick-Off Event
Date: June 15th, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. 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.
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:
Omohundro Institute Fellowships
Deadlines for pre-, post-doc, and short-term fellowships will come up after the summer – stay ahead of the application process here.
The Origins of Revolution
Conference co-organized by David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society and the George Washington Presidential Library
Dates: July 24-25, 2024
Location: George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Stay tuned!
