Paris 2016

Space, Mobility and Power in Early America and the Atlantic World, 1650-1850

December 8-10, 2016 Université de Paris-Diderot

A conference co-sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the University Paris Diderot, the University Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, and the Institute of the Americas (France)

Keynote lectures:

Ada Ferrer, New York University, “Havana in a World of War, Revolution and Empire”

Daniel Richter, McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania: “Space and Power in England’s Restoration Atlantic Empire”

Organizing committee: Claire Bourhis-Mariotti (Paris 8), Pierre Gervais (Paris 3), Marie-Jeanne Rossignol (president, Paris Diderot), Rahma Jerad (Carthage), William Slauter (Paris Diderot).

Program/Scientific Committee : Emma Hart (St Andrews), Allan Potofsky (president, Paris Diderot), Daniel K. Richter (McNeil Center, UPennsylvania) Oliver Scheiding (Mainz), Irmina Wawrzyczek (Lublin), Bertrand van Ruymbeke (Paris-8).