What Difference Did The American Revolution Make?

Schedule

Tue Oct 13 2026 at 01:30 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC+02:00
Location

University of Chicago John W Boyer Center in Paris | Paris, IL

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Was the American Revolution as transformative as the French, Russian, and Chinese Revolutions? Scholars gather to explore its global impact.
About this Event

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.


Agenda

🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
American History
Host: MODERATOR - Steve Pincus

Info: 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


🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Atlantic History
Host: MODERATOR - Nathan Perl-Rosenthal

Info: 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


🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
European History
Host: MODERATOR - Allan Potofsky

Info: 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 --


🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Global History
Host: MODERATOR - Brendan McConville

Info: Brendan McConville (Moderator)
Professor of History
Boston University --

Sarah Pearsall
Professor and Chair of History
Johns Hopkins University --

Steve Pincus
Thomas E. Donnelly Professor of British History and the College
University of Chicago


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