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Our 27th Annual Conference will be held at University of Highlands and Islands in Inverness on 7 March 2026. Details on how to register can be found here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sasa-27th-annual-conference-2026-tickets-1980939781211
The 2026 HOTCUS Winter Symposium will be held at the University of Liverpool on Friday, February 27, 2026 on the theme of “The American Nation in the Twentieth Century: The Declaration of Independence at 250”.
The next A19 seminar will take place on Friday 20 February from 2.00 to 4.00 PM (Central European Time) and will be dedicated to David Cusick (c. 1780-1840), the Tuscarora artist and historian, and author of Sketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations (1828). We are very pleased to welcome two speakers who will each present a paper on Cusick’s work: Christen Mucher (Smith College) and Sheila Byers (Oxford University).
If you haven't followed the money, you don't know the real story of America's Revolution. Nothing reveals it more clearly than the life of Thomas Willing - early America's dominant merchant, first bank president and first central banker. Richard Vague shows how Willing bankrolled and helped save the Revolution before shaping the financial architecture of the new Republic. He was so influential that John Adams claimed Washington and Hamilton were governed by him. Yet Willing voted against independence, reflecting deep class conflict in 1776. Tension has shaped U.S politics since.
An essay competition on American politics for 16-19 year old students of A Level Politics (or similar qualifications).
If you are an A Level student, on Feb 25th 2026 attend the FT-APG Online A Level Conference to gain insight an understanding from academics and A Level teachers about how succeed in both the FT-APG essay competition and your A Level politics exam.
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