Dear all,
We hope you have begun the new academic year in good spirits as the U.S. is gearing up
for the major event of the fall. Here is the monthly newsletters of the AMERICA2026
program:
Events of the Month
Lunch at the Library: “The Memory of ’76: The Revolution in American History”
with Michael Hattem, PhD
Date: Oct. 23, 2024, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET
Location: In person or online. For further details and registration information, see here
FOR 2026: Virginia’s Revolutionary Histories & Beyond
A conference series by the Omohundro Institute, William & Mary, and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Date: October 24-26, 2024
Location: School of Education; 301 Monticello Ave; Williamsburg, VA 23185
For further information on the speaker line-up, the program, and registration, visit here
Sheep Too Good To Eat: Merino Influenza and the Promotion of Economic Development in the Early Republic
David Center for the American Revolution Seminar
with Prof. Susan Branson, PhD
Date: Oct. 30, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. ET Location: In person or online. For further details and registration information, see here
Publications of interest
Dee Andrews and Jason Daniels (CSU) are organizing a special issue of the Journal California History (published by the U. of California Press) on the legacy of the American Revolution in the state.
Please find the full CfP on this link (applications are due by December 15, 2024)
Agnès Delahaye, Aventuriers, pèlerins, puritains : les mythes fondateurs de l’Amérique, Paris, Passés composés (published on October 23rd)
Virginie Adane, Aux origines de New York: femmes et hommes dans la formation d’une société coloniale, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes (published on Oct. 24, 2024)
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 the upcoming AMERICA2026 conference in Toulouse: November 13-14: “American Politics and the Memory of the Revolution (18th-21st centuries)”, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès
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
Looking ahead: upcoming events
AMERICA 2026 second ANR-funded event: American Politics and the Memory of the Revolution (18th-21st Centuries)
Date: Nov. 12-13, 2024
Lieu: Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (Toulouse, France)
This conference aims to add a more contemporary perspective to the ANR-funded research project at the basis of the AMERICA 2026 community. Its ambition is to explore the many echoes of the Revolution in today’s political and intellectual debates in the US. Workshops will address such topics as the commemorations of
the Revolution through the centuries, the contemporary historiographical debates about the meaning of 1776, the roles played by museums, academics and social networks in the popular memory of the Revolution, and the memory of French figures like Lafayette and Rochambeau in the relationships between France and the US in
the 21st century.
More info on the program coming soon.
“1775”: A joint-conference by the Concord Museum, the David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society, marking the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Date: April 10-11, 2025
Location: the Concord Museum, Concord, MA.
To learn more about potential topics please see here. Proposals of no more than 250 words along with a cover letter and a short CV should be sent via email to Cassandra Cloutier, Assistant Director of Research, Massachusetts Historical Society at ccloutier@masshist.org. by October 15, 2024.
Call for Papers: Spaces of Power and Contestation in Early America, 1607-1865
A Conference organized by RéDEHJA, with a keynote lecture by Ronald Angelo Johnson (Baylor University)
Date: June 18-20, 2025
Location: Nantes University
Submission Deadline: Oct. 20, 2024. Find the CfP here
Call for Papers: Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Society of EarlyAmericanists
Date: June 5-8, 2025
Location: University of Notre Dame
Submission Deadline: Oct. 31, 2024. Find the CfP here
International conference celebrating the tricentenary of the birth of Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau.
Date: June 27-28, 2025
Location: Vendôme, France.
Varia
A message from Magali Aigoin, PhD student: “I am currently working on a dissertation on the cultural legacy of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. For this study I want to collect answers based on a series of questions regarding Franklin (2024 Apple TV series). This will help me assess its reception,
and the educational and curatorial uses that can be made of it.
If you wish to participate, please contact me at: maigoin@hotmail.fr
Thank you for considering my request.
Magali Aigoin”
