Transatlantic perspectives from Ulster to North Carolina : the Ulster-Scots frontier society at the forefront of revolutionary America

Résumé de la communication : 'This presentation aims at better understanding the uncontested role played by the Ulster-Scots in favour of the American revolutionary cause. From the 1710s to the spark of the American War of Independence, the Ulster-Scots were numerous to come to the British colonies of North America in search of a 'land of promise', and usually settled in the 'backcountry' , 'the frontier'. This study is then going to offer a clear insight into their role as frontiersmen, but also as pioneers of the Revolution, considering their transatlantic identity but also transatlantic links from Ulster to North America, and from North America to Ulster.'

Intervenante : Eva Elisabeth Gallot

Sujet de thèse : “Les Ulster-Scots dans l'Amérique révolutionnaire : représentations et perceptions actuelles en Ulster, dans le nord de l'Irlande”, deuxième année de thèse

Directeur/ directrice de thèse : Linda Garbaye, en co-encadrement avec Anne Catherine de Bouvier