Newsletter #33

Dear all,

Happy new year! We have finally made it to 2026, the year of the Revolution’s 250th anniversary. We hope 2026 will bring you health, sanity, success and community. Here is the newsletter for this month: 

Events of the Month 

The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution Public lecture feat. Joyce E. Chaplin Date: January 6, 2026; 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ET Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall, APS, 427 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 Please note: A livestream of the event will be available via APS’s YouTube channel. For more information see here.

Nobody Men: Neutrality, Loyalties, and Family in the American Revolution with Travis Glasson Date: January 29, 2026; 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Location: Benjamin Franklin Hall, APS, 427 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106 or Online For more information see here.

Global Early America before 1700 WMQ-EMSI 2026 Workshop Convened by Alison Games, Georgetown University Date: January 30-31, 2026 Location: Huntington Library, San Marino California, USA For more information on the program and registration see here.

Up next

Women in the Age of Revolutions : France, United States, Europe (1776-1876) An AMERICA2026 symposium, organized by Virginie Adane (Nantes Université) and Agnès Delahaye (Université Lumière-Lyon 2) Date : 5-6 février 2026 Location: Maison Internationale des Langues et des Cultures (MILC), 35 rue Raulin, 69007 Lyon (France) For more information and program, see attached document.

Publications

Bell, Richard, The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Riverhead Books, 2025.  More information here.

Delahaye, Agnès. À qui appartient le 4 juillet ? L’indépendance américaine et sa mémoire. JC Lattès, 2026 (due Feb. 4) More information here.

Duval, Lauren. The Home Front. Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence. Omohundro Institute and UNC Press, 2025. More information here.

Mitran, Emilie. Des Américains en France: une relation révolutionnaire, 1776-1792. Nouveau Monde Éditions, 2026 (due Feb. 4)

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

Calls for Papers and Submissions 

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 tochristoph.haas@politik.uni-freiburg.de For more information and the Call for Papers, see here.

Experiencing Independence: Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution  A symposium by Historic Trappe, the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, and Ursinus College  Date: October 2-3, 2026 Location: Ursinus College (Collegeville, PA) and Historic Trappe (Trappe, PA Submission Deadline: January 9, 2026 to emily@historictrappe.org 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 early 2026:

• Library Company of Philadelphia Program in Women’s History fellowships 2026-2027 → Deadline January 16, 2026. For more information on fellowships and the application procedure, see here and here.
• APS David Center for the American Revolution 2026-2027 Predoctoral Fellowship → Deadline January 16, 2026. For more information on fellowships and the application procedure, see here.
• Research Fellowships at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 2026-2027 → Deadlines in February 2026. For more information see here.
• APS David Center for the American Revolution 2026-2027 Short-Term Fellowships → Deadline March 2, 2026

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!