Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past
Archives of Revolution: A Conference About How We Make the Past will take place June 20-22, 2024 at Sayles Hall on the Main Green of Brown University.
A collaboration between the John Carter Brown Library on the campus of Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania’s McNeil Center for Early American Studies and Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books, and Manuscripts. The conference is chaired jointly by Emma Hart of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Sean Quimby of UPenn Libraries, and Karin Wulf of the JCB.
Program Summary Thursday, June 20 | 
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| 4:30 PM | Conference Welcome | Emma Hart, Sean Quimby, and Karin Wulf |
Keynote: “The Treasurer’s Tale: A Lost Account of War, White Supremacy, and Black Radicalism in the Haitian Revolution” Reception to follow Keynote Discussion. | Manuel Covo and Christopher Hodson |
Friday, June 21
| 9:00 AM | AMERICA 2026 Panel – Archives of Revolution on both sides of the Atlantic |
| 10:45 AM | Making Institutional Archives |
| 1:30 PM | Archives of Revolution, Slavery, and Enslaved Revolutionaries |
| 3:15 PM | Beyond Battles: Reconsidering the Military Archive of the American Revolution (Roundtable) |
| 5:30 PM | Local Archives in Revolution |
Saturday, June 22
| 9:00 AM | How Collectors Shape Archives |
| 10:45 AM | The Founders’ Archive(s) |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch-and-Learn, Digital Archives of Revolution |
| 2:00 PM | Archives Beyond Borders |
| 3:45 PM | Archives in Translation |
A pdf of the full conference program is available below under Files.
Click here to view the original call for papers.
For more about Archives of Revolution, see the piece written by Professors Hart, Quimby, and Wulf:
https://ageofrevolutions.com/2023/03/20/archives-of-revolution/