West Virginia University History Department Presents the 13th Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture featuring Dr. Sarah Pearsall of Johns Hopkins University - "Writing a Wold History of the American Revolution"

Over the last few decades, there has been increasing attention to the United States in the world and an enlarged geography for early America. Yet the American Revolution has been largely resistant to such a treatment, remaining sturdily provincial, especially in popular understandings. This lecture will consider the challenges and advantages of globalizing the American Revolution. In particular, it will address the stakes of expanding both the geography and the cast of characters, especially during tumultuous times.