A Lecture By Lauren Duval
Schedule
Wed Apr 22 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg | Williamsburg, VA
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The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American IndependenceJoin us on Wednesday, April 22, at the Hennage Auditorium, Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, 301 S. Nassau Street, Williamsburg, VA 23188, for a talk by Lauren Duval (University of Oklahoma) that looks at the American Revolution from inside the home.
Before the American Revolution, the urban centers of colonial North America had little direct experience of war. With the outbreak of violence, British forces occupied every major city, invading the most private of spaces: the home. Building on a stunning wealth of primary sources, Lauren Duval vividly captures daily life during the Revolution through the eyes and ears of those who intimately experienced it, showing how men and women of all races, statuses, and states of freedom understood its implications for their lives, families, and the nascent American Republic.
Lauren Duval is an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma and a historian of early North America specializing in women’s and gender history and the era of the American Revolution. She is the author of The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence (Omohundro Institute and University of North Carolina Press, 2025). She has published an award-winning article from this project in the William and Mary Quarterly and has contributed chapters to several edited collections on the American Revolution. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the New York Public Library, the New-York Historical Society, the David Library of the American Revolution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia.
NEW! We are delighted to announce that Lauren Duval has been awarded the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award for a First Book.
Listen to Lauren Duval on Episode 437 of the “Ben Franklin’s World” podcast, hosted by Liz Covart.
You do not need a pass to Colonial Williamsburg to attend. All are welcome.
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