{"id":12315,"date":"2026-07-14T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/?p=12315"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:59:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:59:55","slug":"american-revolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/american-revolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"American Revolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>American Revolutions<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/20963.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>As the United States turns 250 years old, Americans and the world have reflected on the meanings of the American Revolution, then and now. For our 2026-27 speaker series, the Center for Humanities presents &#8220;American Revolutions.&#8221; We will feature seven events. In the fall, we will have&nbsp;four events on the Revolutionary War itself. In the spring, we will present three talks on the Revolution&#8217;s legacy, in Latin America, the Caribbean, and on the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-declaration-but-were-afraid-to-ask\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/RGP-Headshot-21-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/RGP-Headshot-21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/RGP-Headshot-21-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-declaration-but-were-afraid-to-ask\/\">Everything You Wanted to Know About the Declaration* *But Were Afraid to Ask<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Rob Parkinson<\/strong><br> <strong>September 24, 4pm<\/strong><br> <strong>Galanti Lounge, Carothers Library<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/soul-value\/\">Soul Value<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Soul Value<\/strong><br> <strong>October 21, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/environmental-legacies-how-the-war-of-independence-affected-the-natural-world-in-predictable-and-surprising-ways\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Dave-with-mic.-Sept.-2024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Dave-with-mic.-Sept.-2024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Dave-with-mic.-Sept.-2024-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/environmental-legacies-how-the-war-of-independence-affected-the-natural-world-in-predictable-and-surprising-ways\/\">Environmental Legacies: How the War of Independence Affected the Natural World in Predictable and Surprising Ways<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>David Hsiung<\/strong><br> <strong>November 12, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/a-complicated-revolution-indigenous-slavery-and-dispossession-during-the-war-for-independence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Lin-headshot-1-Oct.-2025-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Lin-headshot-1-Oct.-2025-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Lin-headshot-1-Oct.-2025-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/a-complicated-revolution-indigenous-slavery-and-dispossession-during-the-war-for-independence\/\">A Complicated Revolution: Indigenous Slavery and Dispossession during the War for Independence<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Linford Fisher<\/strong><br> <strong>December 9, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/real-men-u-s-popular-images-of-cuban-revolutionary-masculinity-1957-1965\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Woodard-Photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Woodard-Photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Woodard-Photo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/real-men-u-s-popular-images-of-cuban-revolutionary-masculinity-1957-1965\/\">&#8220;Real Men:&#8221; U.S. Popular Images of Cuban Revolutionary Masculinity, 1957-1965<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Blair Woodard<\/strong><br> <strong>February 11, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/disciplined-into-the-frame-anti-colonial-resistance-among-indentured-indian-laborers-in-jamaica-1845-1917\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Persard-headshot-2025-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Persard-headshot-2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Persard-headshot-2025-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/disciplined-into-the-frame-anti-colonial-resistance-among-indentured-indian-laborers-in-jamaica-1845-1917\/\">Disciplined into the Frame: Anti-Colonial Resistance among Indentured Indian Laborers in Jamaica (1845-1917)<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Suzanne Persard<\/strong><br> <strong>March 11, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-american-republic\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Headshot--150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Headshot--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1655\/Headshot--300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/humanities\/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-second-american-republic\/\">The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\"><strong>Manisha Sinha<\/strong><br> <strong>April 8, time TBD<\/strong><br> <strong>Location TBD<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Center for the Humanities is grateful to the College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Research and Economic Development, Department of Gender and Women&#8217;s Studies, and the Women&#8217;s Center for generously co-sponsoring this series.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the United States turns 250 years old, Americans and the world have reflected on the meanings of the American Revolution, then and now. 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