Upcoming lectures: 

• March 21, 2025: “The French Are Coming“, North-Salem, NY
• April 5, 2025: Organization of American Historians (OAH) Conference on American History, Chicago, IL, Roundtable: Intellectual Histories of the American Revolution
• April 11, 2025: lecture at conference: “1775: A Society on the Brink of War and Revolution“, Concord Museum, Concord, Mass., (250th anniversary of Lexington and Concord)
• May 27, 2025, Lunch with Books, “Wheeling welcomes Lafayette“, Wheeling, WV.

More updates coming soon! 

 

Past lectures (2022-2024):

2022

• Jan 21 – ‘The French army in Newport’, National Park Services (online)

• Mar 21 – ‘French American Salon’, Princeton Historical Association, Princeton, NJ

• Jun 21 – ‘Westpoint: A French Design’, American Friends of Lafayette, Westpoint Miitary Academy, Westpoint, NY

• Sep 9 – ‘No Popery! Anti-Catholicism in the American Revolution’, University of Toulouse, France

• Sep 27 – ‘The French-American Alliance during the American Revolution’, Lycée Rochambeau, Arlington, VA

• Oct 7 – ‘Slavery on the Road to Yorktown’, University of Paris 7, Paris, France

• Oct 21 – ‘Enlightened Medical Experts in the American Revolution’, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

• Oct 23 – Book Presentation, Palace of Versailles Library, Versailles, Frace

• Nov 15 – Book Presentation, American Revolution Institute Society of the Cincinnati, Washington DC

• Nov 16 – Book Presentation, Embassy of France to the USA, Washington DC

• Dec 14 – ‘Christmas in Revolutionary Times’, National Park Services (online)

• Dec 15 – Launch America 2026 + Military Enlightenment, Embassy of France, Washington DC

• Dec 16 – Book Presentation, REDEHJA, Paris, France

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2023

• Jan 8 – ‘Follow the Allies: Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route’, DAR DC Chapter, Washington, DC

• Feb 2 – ‘Viomenil and Chastellux, the Masterminds of Yorktown’, Yorktown Museum, Yorktown, VA

• Mar 2 – ‘Retracing French Steps: Unpublished Archives’, Society of the Cincinnati

• Mar 7 – Interview, Podcast “Revolution 250”

• Mar 13 – Presentation of DAR Medal, DAR, Washington DC

• Jun 5 – ‘Lessons on Alliances during the American Revolution’, NATO Joint Force Command, Norfolk, VA

• Jun 8 – ‘Franco-American Friendships’, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

• Jun 20 – ‘Chastellux and the American Revolution’, American Revolution Roundtable, Mount Vernon, VA

• Jun 22 – Interview for Ken Burns’ Documentary, New York City, NY

• Jul 11 – ‘Teaching the American Revolution through French Eyes’, Society of Cincinnati, Washington DC (Teacher Institute)

• Jul 14–15 – ‘French Weekend in Newport’, Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI

• Jul 21 – ‘The French Observe Trenton’, Trenton Historical Society, Trention, NJ

• Jul 22 – ‘Presentation of Franklin’s Song’, Sommerset County, NJ

• Sep 10 – ‘Inside the Vault’ Podcast, George Washington’s Mount Vernon

• Sep 27 – ‘En Route to Revolution’, Monticello, Charlottesville, VA (Fellow’s Talk)

• Oct 13 – Interview on Lafayette, BBC Mastermind (TV Show Great Britain)

• Oct 14 – ‘En Route to Revolution’, Society of the Cincinnati Annual Meeting, Washington DC

• Oct 18 – ‘Secrets of the French-American Alliance’, Yorktown Historical Society, Yorktown, VA

• Oct 19 – ‘Lessons from the Alliance’, Yorktown Historical Society, Yorktown memorial, VA

• Nov 8 – ‘Chastellux and American Independence’, Diplomats of DC, Washington, DC

• Nov 30 – Prix Guizot Reception, Académie Française, Paris, France

• Dec 7 – ‘Studying Saratoga as French Strategy’, Saratoga Battlefield, Saratoga, NY

2024

• • Jan 11 – Interview for NY State Tourism Panels, Hartsdale, NY

  • Mar 16 – ‘Chastellux, the Unsung Hero of the American Revolution’, Premier American Revolution Conference, Richmond, VA

  • Mar 19 – Fellow’s Lunch Presentation, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA

  • Apr 30 – Archives of the Revolution Conference, Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Jul 7 – ‘Special Operations in the American Revolution’, National Park Services (online)

  • Jul 9 – ‘Trumbull’s Surrender of Cornwallis’, Smithsonian Institution (online)

  • Jul 16 – ‘Lafayette in the American Revolution’, NATO Joint Force Command, Norfolk, VA

  • Jul 18 – ‘Chastellux and Lafayette: Revolutionary Brothers’, Metropolitan Club Washington DC

  • Aug 28 – ‘Lafayette is Back’, Society of the Cincinnati (online + in-person)

  • Aug 30 – ‘Cradle of Yorktown: The French Army in Newport’, Bailey’s Beach Club, Newport, RI

  • Sep 10 – Lecture on Lafayette and Chastellux, Cultural Exchange for Diplomats, Washington DC

  • Sep 20 – Presentation on the French in the American Revolution, French-American Chamber of Commerce, Washington DC

  • Sep 24 – ‘French-American Exchanges during the American Revolution’, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. 

  • Oct 15 – Moderator, ‘The Multifaceted Lafayette’ Roundtable, Embassy of France, Washington DC

  • Oct 17 – Digitization Presentation of Chastellux and Viomenil Papers, Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA

  • Oct 21 – ‘A Literary Alliance: Chastellux and William and Mary’, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

  • Oct 23 – Evening Conversation on Chastellux and Lafayette, Monticello, Charlottesville, VA

  • Nov 5 – ‘Lessons from the French’, Mount Vernon Leadership Institute, Washington, DC.