What Difference Did The American Revolution Make?
Was the American Revolution as transformative as the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions? Scholars gather to explore its global impact.
Was the American Revolution a transformative event? Scholars have long maintained that the ‘Great’ Revolutions —the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions fundamentally transformed history. Does the American Revolution Revolution belong in that category? This conference brings together leading scholars from North America and Europe to provide answers. They will focus on whether the American Revolution transformed the trajectory of American, Atlantic, European, and Global History.
Lineup
Steve Pincus
Eric Slauter
Jack Rakove
Holly Brewer
Eric Schnakenbourg
Bertrand Van Ruymbeke
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Highlights
- 4 hours 30 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Doors at 1 PM
Location
University of Chicago John W Boyer Center in Paris
41 Rue des Grands Moulins
75013 Paris
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Agenda
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American History
Steve Pincus (Moderator) Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of British History and the College University of Chicago -- Jack Rakove William Robertson Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science Emeritus Stanford University -- Eric Slauter Deputy Dean of Arts and Humanities and the College University of Chicago
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Atlantic History
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal (Moderator) Directeur de recherche CNRS - ECHELLES -- Holly Brewer Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History University of Maryland -- Wim Klooster Professor of History and the Robert H. and Virginia N. Scotland Endowed Chair in History and International Relations Clark University -- Eric Schnakenbourg Professeur d'Histoire modern Nantes Université
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European History
Allan Potofsky (Moderator) Professeur d'histoire modern Université Paris Cité -- Carine Lounissi Maîtresse de Conférences habilitée à diriger des recherches en histoire des États-Unis Université de Rouen-Normandie -- Bertrand Van Ruymbeke Professeur de civilisation américaine Université Paris 8 --