Dear all,
Welcome back from the summer break! We hope all of you were able to enjoy a moment to breathe. We are happy to share our September 2025 newsletter with all of you. Here are the announcements and reminders for this month:
Events of the Month
The Painter’s Fire: A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution Lunch at the Library presentation with Zara Anishanslin Date: September 3, 2025 Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall (427 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106) OR online For more information on the program and registration, see here
Houses of the Revolutionary City Tour Series Dates: September 6, 2025 – September 27, 2025; 10:30-11:30 a.m ET Location: various, in-person only For more information on the program, location, and registration, see here
Pursuit of Happiness: Song Cycles by Jeffrey Rosen Recital featuring Jeffrey Rosen, joined by Jennifer Blyth, piano, and James Martin, baritone Date: September 8, 2025; 7:00 PM EST Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall OR online For more information on the program and registration, see here
Medicalizing the Bodies of Atlantic Seafarers at the Chatham Chest, 1704–1803 OI Colloq with Zachary Dorner Date:September 11, 2025; 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm EDT Location: online For more information on the program and registration, see here
Spain, the Founding Fathers, and the War for American Independence A roundtable discussion as part of the America&Spain250, the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute & the American Philosophical Society with Dr. Gabriel Paquette, Ambassador Gonzalo Quintero Saravia, Dr. Thomas E. Chávez, moderated by Dr. Richard Kagan Date: September 17, 2025; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall OR online For more information on the program and registration, see here
Ali (& Sally) in the Archive: Sally Franklin Bache Spotlight Date: September 24, 2025; 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET Location: in-person only at APS Museum- Philosophical Hall (104 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106) – registration required For more information on the program and registration, see here
Science and Society in the Age of Revolutions co-organized by the American Philosophical Society’s Library & Museum, the Science History Institute, and the College of Physicians Date: September 25, 2025 – September 26, 2025 Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall – Science History Institute OR online For more information on the program and registration, see here
Religions of Revolution Symposium. co-sponsored by The New England Quarterly and the Congregational Library & Archives. Date: September 27, 2025 Location: in person, Boston, MA For more information on the program and registration, see here.
Publications Delahaye, Agnès, Carine Lounissi, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke et Virginie Adane, La révolution américaine (1763-1783). Atlande, 2025. More information here.
Martin, Nicola. The British Army in Scotland and North America, 1745-1775: Militarisation on the Fringes of the Empire. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. More information here.
Zelnik, Eran A. American Laughter, American Fury. Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025. More information here.
Volker Depkat, Karsten Fitz, and Susanne Lachenicht, eds., Representations and Uses of the American Revolution in Past and Present (Heidelberg, 2025) More information here.
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Calls for Papers and Submissions
CfP: Reverberations of 1776: receiving, rewriting and reappropriating the American Revolution across the Atlantic. Britain, France, Germany, 1776-1876 Date: October 1st-3rd 2026 Location: Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France Submission deadline: 15 September 2025 For the full CfP and more information see here.
CfP: 2026 Society for French Historical Studies Conference, Philadelphia: Liberties Date: March 5-8, 2026 Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Submission Deadline: September 15, 2025 For the full CfP and more information see here
Global Early America before 1700 WMQ-EMSI 2026 Workshop, Convened by Alison Games (Georgetown) Date: January 30-31, 2026 Location: Huntington Library, San Marino California Application Deadline: September 15, 2025 For more information and registration see here
CfP: Fort Ticonderoga Seminar on the American Revolution Date: September 25-27, 2026 Location: Submission Deadline: September 30, 2025, to Richard M. Strum, Director of Academic Programs: rstrum@fort-ticonderoga.org For the full CfP and more information see here
CfP: Freedom, Slavery, and Race in the American Revolution Date: May 29-31, 2026 Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina Submission Deadline: October 1, 2025 to John Ruddiman, Department of History, Wake Forest University at Ruddimja@wfu.edu with the subject line “2026 SAR Conference.” For the full CfP and more information see here (scroll down).
CfP: Declaration of Independence at 250 Years Date: April 9, 2026 Location: Avon Old Farms School, Avon, CT Submission Deadline: October 1, 2025; submit proposals to Dr. Chris Doyle at doylec@avonoldfarms.com For the full CfP and more information see here
CfP: Finance and the American Revolution, 1763-1795
Date: September 24-25, 2026 Location: Library Company of Philadelphia Submission Deadline: October 15, 2025; To submit a paper, please submit a c.300-word abstract and a 2-page CV to peaes@librarycompany.org with the subject line “Finance and the American Revolution Workshop” For the full CfP and more information see here
Extended CfP: Remembering the American Revolution at 250: “Global Revolution” and “Revolution for a New Century”
“The editors of the H-Net Journal Remembering the American Revolution at 250 are renewing the previous call for papers, with a special request for proposals in the categories of “Global Revolution” and “Revolution for a New Century.” Please explore recent articles at https://journals.h-net.org/America250/index, review the call for papers below, and consider submitting a proposal of your own. The recommended submission deadline is May 31, 2025, but proposals received after that date will also be considered.”
For more information see here .
Let us know what you are up to in- and outside of America2026 (preferably by the 20th of the current month to be included in the upcoming newsletter) so we can spread the word here as well!
