Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past
A hybrid gathering of historians, curators, archivists, and educators.
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Brown University
Brown University Providence, RI 02912About this event
- 2 days 2 hours
Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past
As we approach a series of 250th anniversaries, the histories of the American Founding have never been more hotly contested. In the United States, historians regard 2026 with some trepidation and a lot of determination to educate a wary public about the importance of evidence to the interpretation of the past. With nationalist movements—who tend to appropriate founding narratives for their own political purposes—on the rise around the world, histories of the international revolutionary era are equally fragile and fraught elsewhere. Indeed, the difficulty of addressing these pasts might lead to avoiding history altogether in a lot of the 250th commemorations. This event is co-sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.
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All keynotes, receptions, plenary sessions and round tables will take place on Brown University campus; please visit the conference website for more information as the conference date nears at https://jcblibrary.org/archives-of-revolution.
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