2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the year when war broke out once again across North America, eventually evolving into the American War of Independence. Twenty Years earlier another conflict had begun, also beginning in America that led directly to the war for American independence. The global Seven Years’ War (including the French and Indian War) reshaped political geographies, military practice, and alliances from Massachusetts to Manila.
To explore the events of that conflict, and their repercussions including the later American Revolution, Fort Ticonderoga seeks proposals for papers broadly addressing the period the Seven Years’ War for its Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War to be held May 16-18, 2025.
Organizers seek new research and perspectives of one of the most important military and political events of its era, covering a diverse range of topics and perspectives from across the global Seven Years’ War.
They welcome paper proposals from established scholars in addition to graduate students, museum professionals, and others that relate to the origins, conduct, and legacy of the Seven Years’ War.
They are especially interested in topics and approaches that engage the international quality of the conflict as well as representing the variety of peoples and places involved.
Interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives covering the period from at least the 1740s to the 1760s are welcome. Papers may include or engage:
- Material Culture
- Biographical Analysis
- Campaign Histories
- Archaeological Investigations
- Cultural, Social, and Political Ramifications
- Indigenous Populations
Sessions are 30 minutes in length followed by 10 minutes for audience questions. Fort Ticonderoga may provide speakers with partial travel reimbursement. Submit a 300 word abstract and CV by email by July 31, 2024 to Richard M. Strum, Director of Academic Programs: rstrum@fort-ticonderoga.org
