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Department of History
School of Humanities and Sciences

America at 250

2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Below you will find a list of events, hosted by or involving Department of History faculty, related to this historic milestone in our nation's history.

This page will be updated regularly to include more events as we are made aware of them.

Upcoming Events

May
18

The Other Republicans: Anti-Monarchical Movements in the World in the Era of America's Independence

Date
-
Location:
Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
July
1

The 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Date
Location:
The Commonwealth Club of California
Taube Family Auditorium
110 The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94105
September
10

Penn Public Lectures On Classical Antiquity And the Contemporary World

Date
-

Past Events

April
27

The Eclipsed Republicanism of the Era of Conquest

Date
-
Location:
IGS Library, Philosophy Hall, UC Berkeley
March
31

The Declaration of Independence at 250: Big Ideas That Made a Nation

Date
-
Location:
Continuing Studies at Stanford University
February
11

America at 250: Classical Heritage, Western Civilization, the Future

Date
-
Location:
Hauck Auditorium, Traitel Building
February
4

The Declaration of Independence: History, Meaning, and Modern Impact

Date
-
Location:
Hoover Institution, Stanford University
January
5

Are We Rome? Are We Repeating Their Rise and Decline?

Date
-
Location:
The New York Historical

 

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