12 events found.
Atlantic History Lecture Series
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Melissa Morris “’Pirates Which Infest That Coast’: Illicit Trade and Imperial Rivalry in Seventeenth-Century Western Hispaniola”
Bunche 6275 & ZoomDr. Melissa N. Morris is a historian of early America and the Atlantic World whose research is centered on the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She is particularly interested in the cross-cultural interactions that defined colonial encounters, the role of plants in driving European expansion, the dissemination of geographic and agricultural knowledge, and colonial […]
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A Dialogue on Pan-Africanism
6275 Bunche HallPlease RSVP here, lunch will be provided. To attend remotely via Zoom, RSVP here. Speakers: Félix Jean Louis III, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of California, Irvine Paper: “Haiti, Haitians, and the Caribbean Roots of Pan-Africanism” Bright Gyamfi Assistant Professor, Department of History, Rutgers University Paper: “Pan-Africanism and African and Diasporic unity” […]
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Territoriality and Freedom in the Bush: A Community-Focused Archaeology of Marronage in Colonial Dominica
6275 Bunche HallPlease note: Contrary to the usual schedule, this talk is on a Wednesday! RSVP for attending the talk remotely (Zoom): https://ucla.in/3WvjYFm Speaker: Jonathan Rodriguez McKnight Doctoral Fellow Dept. of Anthropology, University of South Florida Paper: Justin Dunnavant (Discussant) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA Jacko Steps, Jacko Flats Trail, Dominica. The stone […]
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The UCLA History Atlantic Colloquium presents: Coachmen and Abakuá in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: Subjects and Agents of Surveillance
6275 Bunche HallJosé Ortega, Associate Professor, Department of History, Whittier College Presentation: “Coachmen and Abakuá in Nineteenth-Century Cuba: Subjects and Agents of Surveillance.”
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The UCLA History Atlantic Colloquium presents: Mapping Seafarers and Black Women’s Networks in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Cartagena
6275 Bunche HallViviana Quintero-Marquez, UC President’s and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of History, and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UC Merced. Presentation: “Mapping Seafarers and Black Women’s Networks in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Cartagena.” Discussant: Nohora Arrieta Fernández, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA Also on Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98793935555
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The UCLA History Atlantic Colloquium presents: Martinique in the Time of Yellow Fever: Colonial Public Health during the 1908 Yellow Fever Outbreak.
6275 Bunche HallThursday, May 14th at 12:30 pm Erin Budrow, Graduate Student, Department of History, UCLA Presentation: “Martinique in the Time of Yellow Fever: Colonial Public Health during the 1908 Yellow Fever Outbreak.” Discussant: Soraya de Chadarevian, Distinguished Professor, Department of History and the Institute for Society and Genetics, UCLA Register in advance for this meeting: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/R4Npg_oaTWiTlHI48-6KXw After […]
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Atlantic Colloquium Presents: Cudjoe’s (Dis)Ability and Maroon (De)Formation
6265 Bunche HallAlex Moulton, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Science, Hunter College CUNY Presentation: "Cudjoe's (Dis)Ability and Maroon (De)Formation" In this talk, Prof. Moulton presents a draft chapter that is part of his book project The Black Grounds: Marronage, Black Placemaking, and the Exercise of Freedom. The chapter focuses on Captain Cudjoe considering what else we […]
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Atlantic Colloquium Presents: Visualizing Place: Constructing the Caribbean through Postcards, 1900-1930s
6275 Bunche HallThis event has been rescheduled! Mandie Nuanes, Graduate Student, Department of History, UCLA Presentation: “Visualizing Place: Constructing the Caribbean through Postcards, 1900-1930s” Discussant: José Luis Passos, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA. Register in advance for this meeting: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/FDD95llSRtyFJv849F1gIg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
