Iris de Rode

Iris de Rode (born in the Netherlands) is a Dutch historian, specialised in the French aid in the US War of Independance.[1] She won the Prix Guizot .[2] She studied at University of Paris 8, and taught at Sciences Po in Paris, from 2013 to 2022.[3]

She was a fellow at the University of Virginia,[4] Mount Vernon,[5] and the American Philosophical Society.[6]

Discovery

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, Iris de Rode uncovered previously private archives containing the correspondence of a pivotal figure in the US War of Independance: the Marquis de Chastellux.

Works

  • Rode, Iris de (2022). François-Jean de Chastellux (1734-1788) (in French). Paris: Honoré Champion éditeur. ISBN 978-2-7453-5684-0.[7]
  • de Rode, Iris (2024). "Finding the American Revolution in France: François-Jean de Chastellux's Private Papers and Beyond". Early American Studies. 22 (1): 156–193. doi:10.1353/eam.2024.a920463. ISSN 1559-0895. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  • Lender, Mark; De Rode, Iris (2025-05-30). "The New Jersey Connection: Joseph Bloomfield and Lafayette's American Farewell Tour, An Overlooked Lafayette Letter". New Jersey Studies. 11 (1): 9–21. doi:10.14713/njs.v11i1.376. ISSN 2374-0647. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
  • Rode, Iris de (2023-06-30). "Forging the French-American Alliance in Newport". Newport History: Journal of the Newport Historical Society. 98 (287). Retrieved 2025-11-20.

References

  1. ^ Jaulmes, Adrien (2026-02-08). "Iris de Rode : « Du côté américain, l'aide française dans la guerre d'indépendance a souvent été minimisée »". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  2. ^ "Iris de Rode, lauréate du prix Guizot de l'Académie française". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  3. ^ "Dr. Iris de Rode". American Battlefield Trust. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  4. ^ "Iris de Rode". Karsh Institute of Democracy. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  5. ^ "Lunch & Fellowship with Iris de Rode | George Washington's Mount Vernon". www.mountvernon.org. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  6. ^ "Featured Fellow: Iris de Rode (2023-2024 David Center for the American Revolution Short-Term Fellow)". www.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  7. ^ Ousselin, Edward (2023-09-09). "François-Jean de Chastellux (1734–1788): un soldat-philosophe dans le monde atlantique l'époque des Lumières par Iris de Rode (review)". French Studies: A Quarterly Review. 77 (3). Liverpool University Press: 485–486. ISSN 1468-2931. Retrieved 2025-11-20.
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