Dear all, Here are the activities to look out for this coming month:
Events of the Month
La Monarquía Española y la Independencia de los Estados Unidos An event organized by : Instituto CEU de Estudios Históricos ; Cátedra Internacional CEU Elcano ; Instituto de Estudios Americanos CEU CEFAS Date: May 5 & 6, 2026 Location: Madrid, Spain For more information and registration, see here.
A Renegade’s History of the Revolutionary Frontier: Contesting Race and Nation in the early American West The fourth 2025-2026David Center for the American Revolution Seminar with John William Nelson Date: May 6, 2026; 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET Location: online via ZOOM For more information and registration, see here.
Rome and America: Edward Gibbon and the American Revolution with Dame Linda Colley Date: May 12, 2026; 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. ET Location: hybrid; Benjamin Franklin Hall or online (American Philosophical Society Benjamin Franklin Hall 427 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA) For more information and registration, see here.
Des Lumières à l’IA. 250 ans de révolutions scientifiques partagées entre la France et les États -Unis / From the Enlightenment to AI 250 years of Revolutionary Science shared between France and the U.S. Bilateral and Billingual Symposium organized by the Académie des sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Date: May 20-21, 2026 Location: Auditorium André et Liliane Bettencourt de l’Institut de France, 3 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris, France. For more information and to reserve your tickets, see here.
30/30: Dueling Declarations organized by the American Philosophical Society and the Museum of the American Revolution Date: May 28, 2026; 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. ET Location: in-person event at APS Museum – Philosophical Hall, 104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA. Registration mandatory! For more information and registration, see here.
Publications
Petroff, Florence. La Révolution Américaine et l’Écosse: Regards croisés et identités hybrides. Preface by Bertrand van Ruymbeke. Honoré Champion, 2026. More information here.
Leïla Tnaïnchi, La correspondance de Benjamin Franklin, psyché de la France d’Ancien Régime (1776-1790) (Paris, Honoré Champion). More information here.
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Calls for Papers and Submissions
CFP Revolutions and Reflections: A Conference for Editing and Recovery Practitioners Date: August 8-9 Location: University of Virginia (in-person event) Due date: May 10
More information and Call for Papers here
Call for Contributors: Digital Exhibits on Revolutionary-Era Texts: forgingUS with the Center for Digital Editing from the Call: “The Center for Digital Editing would like to invite you to take part in forgingUS, a new project that brings together leading documentary editing projects, scholars, educators, and technologists to expand access to primary sources from the Founding Era and Early Republic. Centered on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, forgingUS aims to create a free, public website featuring curated, document-based exhibits, interactive maps and timelines, and more.”
For more information, see here and here.
Looking Ahead
America’s 1776: Independence and its Enduring Legacies Conveners: David Center for the American Revolution at the American Philosophical Society Date: June 4-6, 2026 Location: hybrid For more information and registration, see here.
Revolutionary Connections & Revolutionary Orbits, Revolutionary Arcs The Omohundro Institute’s Oberg Workshop for Junior Scholars and 29th annual conference Date: June 10; June 11-13, 2026 Location: Vanderbilt University For more information and participation, see here and here.
AMERICA2026 Event: The French and the Creation of the United States Exhibition at Musée du Nouveau Monde Date: June 19-November 16, 2026 Location: Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle, France For more information, see here.
AMERICA2026 Event: The Strasbourg Summer School European views of the American Revolution, 1776-1804. Date: June 22-July 4, 2026 Location: University of Strasbourg, France For more information and the program, see here and here.
26th National Book Festival in August 2026 Part of the Library of Congress’s celebrations around “America 250: It’s Your Story” Date: Aug. 22, 2026 Location: Washington Convention Center; 801 Allen Y. Lew Place NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA.
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!
