Steve Sarson

Shamefully, I'm not sure (it's only just been organized). I'll check, though, and let you know asap.

Yes, CET (apologies).

The speakers are me, Eric Slauter, and Bertand Van Ruymbeke, and we'll be moderated by Michele Lowrie. Open to all.

The Declaration of Independence in 1776 and Beyond: a Roundtable As the U.S. marks 250 years of independence, this event explores the origins, meaning, and global impact of the Declaration of Independence

Very much looking forward to this Round Table on "The Declaration of Independence in 1776 and Beyond" at the John W. Boyer Center of the University of Chicago, 41 rue des Grands Moulins, Paris: Monday 23 February, 5pm-6pm. You can register via the link below.

www.eventbrite.fr/e/the-declar...

Beautiful weird sky over Lyon tonight.

The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States

Off to Oxford tomorrow for UK book launch at the Rothermere American Institute. Long train rides but well worth it....

www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/the-co...

I'll send what I can as soon as I can, but I'm off to give a paper at Oxford this week so it may be the weekend. It's all on Moodle, intranet, so no externally accessible link. If you have an email address you can DM it to me and I'll send the course material that way if you like.

A very timely revival! I would love to set up a chapter with you here. Great idea. How do we start? I know some of the people here that you named, and some others who may be interested too. I probably know some of your UK colleagues as well. I'm British and worked in UK Higher Ed for many years.

Your website is on the bibliography for the course, so you are already being extremely helpful!

Thank you! At Jean Moulin University in Lyon, France (I'm prof of American civilization there). It's for final year undergrads and it's about Paine's Atlantic World, including Britain, the colonies/early US, and France. It's new and I'm thoroughly enjoying doing it--I love Thomas Paine!

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.

It leads on "sharply contested narratives"

It has a dramatic skew to the US government

It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

Well, that's toold me. I am noow convoonced that I was wroong.

I am being admonished by Billy for having a bath on #Caturday

I'm doing a course this semester about Thomas Paine and tomorrow I'll be talking about his statue in his birthplace of Thetford. So, obviously, I have meticulously prepared an improvisation about the same town's Captain Mainwaring statue and Dad's Army Museum.

Pope Catholic, study finds.

Snub?

I am declaring that the war on sandwiches is over.

Well, the Christmas tree is down & the decorations are stowed away for another year I always find this moment slightly melancholy as I do really love Christmas. I'd probably be one of those crazy people who eats a Christmas dinner every day if it wasn't for all the cooking & washing-up & whatnot.

Thomas Oatley, "The dual economy, climate change, and the polarization of American politics," Socio-Economic Review, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2024, Pages 1355–1380,

Steven Bernstein, "Liberal Environmentalism and Global Environmental Governance," Global Environmental Politics (2002) 2 (3): 1–16.

Asking for an environmental history friend, does anyone have access to the following?

Thomas Oatley, "Energy and the Complexity of International Order, Global Environmental Politics (2021) 21 (4): 20–41.

And...

One of the great things about living in France is the New Year tradition and month-long ubiquity of the galette des rois #PieJanuary

#Caturday Banjo

#Caturday Billy.

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Red notebook with a round sticker in the corner -- an image of library shelves (from Trinity College Dublin) with text imposed "Everything is better with footnotes" and a callout to "me."

I did indeed make these stickers. Because when one is casting about for first principles, #footnotes (accountability, transparency, collaborative knowledge production acknowledged!) are right up there for me.

PS I'm teaching a course on Thomas Paine this semester, so your book on the same is back off the shelf.

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You might be interested in ky chapter 6.

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