Fort Ticonderoga | Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War | May 30 to June 1
- Fort Ticonderoga 102 Fort Ti Road Ticonderoga, NY, 12883 United States (map)
29th Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War
Historic Fort Ticonderoga, located on Lake Champlain, will host the Twenty-Ninth Annual War College of the Seven Years’ War from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, June 1, 2025.
Since its inception in 1996, the War College has become a premier event for historians focusing on topics related to the Seven Years’ War in North America and beyond. It attracts speakers and participants from all over North America and Europe.
War College schedule of events.
Attendees can participate in person or join the conference remotely through the Fort Ticonderoga Center for Digital History.
Friday, May 30, 2025
5:30-6:30 pm Reception
7:00 pm Opening Session—Cuba to Champlain: Enslavement and Empire, Dr. Matthew Keagle, Fort Ticonderoga Curator
The King’s Garden at Fort Ticonderoga.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
9:00 am Welcome—Beth Hill, President and CEO, Fort Ticonderoga.
9:15-9:45 am “Slavery and Captivity in the Anglo-Abenaki Wars”—Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
10:00-10:30 am “Captive women, captive souls: French conversion tactics in the Seven Years’ War”–Jenifer Ishee
10:45-11:15 am “I enlisted myself into His Majesties Service”: Analyzing Reuben Smith’s Journal, 1759-1760—Lisa Johnson, independent historian
11:30 am-1:45 pm Lunch Break (Box lunch from America’s Fort Café included).
1:00-1:30 pm Book Signing at the Museum Store in the Log House.
2:00-2:30 pm British and French Rivalry in India—Mark Briskey, University of New South Wales (Australia)
2:45-3:15 pm New Perspectives on the Campaign in Bengal, 1756-1757—Mark Danley, Princeton Research Forum
3:30-5:00 pm Fort Ticonderoga Museum, King’s Garden, and Museum Store open.
5:00 pm Dinner at America’s Fort Café (pre-registration only).
Sunday, June 1, 2025
9:00-9:30 am “Are you not the Soldiers of Christ?”—J. Logan Tomlin, Fairmont State University
9:45-10:15 am “Agriculture and Environment in North America’s Seven Years’ War—John Peter Antonacci, SUNY Binghamton
10:30-11:00 am Supply Fleet Requirements and Shortfalls on Lake Champlain—Steven Woods, independent historian
11:15-11:45 am Workers of War & Empire: Canadian Laborers during the British Conquest (1754-1763)—Richard H. Tomczak, Stony Brook University
Noon Lunch (Box lunch from America’s Fort Café included).
For more information, visit Fort Ticonderoga’s website.
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