Newsletter #32

Dear all,

We are happy to share our December 2025 newsletter with all of you. We are sending you our best and heartfelt wishes for the holiday season. Here are the announcements and reminders for this month: 

Event of the Month 

American-Dutch Connections in the Revolutionary Era Conference at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies In partnership with AMERICA2026 Event! Date: December 11-12, 2025 Location: RIAS, Hofplein 16, 4331 CK Middelburg, NL For more information on the program and registration see here

Other Event 

Memory Wars: Settlers and Natives Remember Washington’s Sullivan Expedition of 1779 Lunch at the Library with A. Lynn Smith  Date: December 10, 2025; 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Location: David Center for the American Revolution or on ZOOM For more information and registration, see here

Publications

Steven T. Sarson, The Course of Human Events. The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States, UVA Press, Nov. 28, 2025 More info and an interview of the author herei.

Delahaye, Agnès, Carine Lounissi, Bertrand Van Ruymbeke et Virginie Adane, La révolution américaine (1763-1783). Atlande, Dec. 4, 2025 (confirmed release date this time!).  More information here.

Remember to send us your publication news so we can spread the word! 

Calls for Papers and Submissions 

CfP Consortium on the Revolutionary Era/Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World  Date: May 14-17, 2026 Location: College of Charleston campus, Charleston, SC, USA Submission Deadline: December 14, 2025 For more information see here.

Revolutionary Orbits, Revolutionary Arcs 29th Omohundro Institute annual conference Date: June 11-13, 2026 Location: Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, USA Submission Deadline: December 15, 2025 For more information and the Call for Papers, see here.

CfP Crisis and Continuity: The Declaration of Independence 250 Years On Annual Meeting of the Political Science Section of the German Association for American Studies Date: June 11-13, 2026   Location: Studienhaus Wiesneck, Wiesneckstraße 6, 79256 Buchenbach, Germany  Submission Deadline: January 7, 2026 to christoph.haas@politik.uni-freiburg.de For more information and the Call for Papers, see here.

Grants and Scholarships   We make use of this newsletter to point out several opportunities to apply for research grants and fellowships with deadlines coming up in 2025 or early 2026:

• Research Fellowships at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2026-2027
• APS David Center for the American Revolution 2026-2027 Short-Term Fellowships → Deadline March 2, 2026

the APS has a long list of other grants and fellowships available for 2026/2027 – check out their website

Looking Ahead / Trivia   Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein’s new documentary The American Revolution has now released all six episodes on PBS.