Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 7th May 2026

Time: 5:30pm to 7pm

Venue: Online via Zoom

Description: As the United States approaches it’s 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, join History Lab for this special roundtable event discussing the significance of the Founding Era (1763 – 1801) in American history today. Connie Thomas: Identity, Myth, and Memory: Commemorating the American Founding in Hamilton: An American Musical Becca Palmer: Conspiratorial language in the leadup to 1776: The Road to the Declaration of Independence and Revolution David Malcolm: The role of Classical Antiquity in the Revolutionary Period: The Intellectual Roots of the Declaration of Independence Tony Sullivan: Federalist Anglophilia and The Jay Treaty Debates, 1795–1796: Foreign Policy in the Early Republic of the United States Speakers - Connie Thomas (UCL), Becca Palmer (UCL), David Malcolm (Teesside), Tony Sullivan (Queen Mary). Moderated by Patrick O’Dare (Queen Mary).

How to book: Via the IHR website: https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/american-founding-250-roundtable

Price: Free

Organiser: IHR History Lab

Region: London

Branch: Ealing