David Malcolm

@djmalcolm.bsky.social

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PhD student at Teesside University, researching Founding Fathers, the American Constitution, and the ideas of Ancient Greece & Rome. Ordinary Member for BAAS. He/him.

Title page for a PhD dissertation American Patricians: The Influence of Classical ideas on the Founding Fathers in the American Revolution David John Malcolm A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Teesside University of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy July 2026
History Lab Presents: The American Founding at 250: A Roundtable Moderated by Patrick O'Dare (Queen Mary) As the United States approaches it’s 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, join History Lab for this special roundtable event discussing the significance of the founding era (1763 - 1801) in American history today. Connie Thomas (UCL): Identity, Myth, and Memory: Commemorating the American Founding in Hamilton: An American Musical Becca Palmer (UCL): Conspiratorial language in the leadup to 1776: The Road to the Declaration of Independence and Revolution David Malcolm (Teesside): The role of Classical Antiquity in the Revolutionary Period: The Intellectual Roots of the Declaration of Independence Tony Sullivan (Queen Mary): Federalist Anglophilia and The Jay Treaty Debates, 1795–1796: Foreign Policy in the Early Republic of the United States. 7 May 2026, 17:30 - 19:00 Online, via Zoom
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