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Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past

Conference
Jun 20, 2024 - Jun 22, 2024 (All Day) | The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

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Archives of Revolution:  A Conference About How We Make the Past

June 20-22, 2024
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University

"Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past" is a collaboration among the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the John Carter Brown Library on the campus of Brown University, and the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts. The conference is chaired jointly by Emma Hart of the McNeil Center, Sean Quimby of Penn Libraries, and Karin Wulf of the JCB.

 

June 20: Keynote address

Chair: Anthony Bogues, Director of the Simmons Center, Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies

“The Treasurer’s Tale: A Lost Account of War, White Supremacy, and Black Radicalism in the Haitian Revolution”

Manuel Covo, University of California, Santa Barbara
Christopher Hodson, Brigham Young University


June 21: Panels and roundtables

Looking at America 2026: Archives of Revolution on both sides of the Atlantic

Making Institutional Archives

Archives of Revolution Roundtable

Beyond Battles: Reconsidering the Military Archive of the American Revolution Rountable

Local Archives in Revolution


June 22: Panels and roundtables

How Collectors Shape Archives

The Founders’ Archive(s)

Digital Archives of Revolution

Archives Beyond Borders

Archives in Translation

 

Learn more about Archives of Revolution in the Age of Revolutions open access journal.