Atlantic History Lecture Series
Catherine Hall – “Making “Race” in the 18th Century Atlantic”
6265 Bunche HallThis is a three-part workshop to be held on May 4th, 11th, and 18th. To reserve your place, please send an email, which includes your name, affiliation, research focus and its relevance to the workshop to Carla Pestana at cgpestana@history.ucla.edu. The workshop will be capped at 12 participants. All UC graduate students are welcome, and […]
Andrew Apter – “Coins of the Realm: Money, Value and Sovereignty in the Early Modern Atlantic”
6275 Bunche HallInternational Conference organized by Andrew Apter, Depts. of History and Anthropology, UCLA.
Brett Rushforth – “Political Life and Political Economy in a Caribbean Slave Rebellion: Martinique, 1710”
6275 Bunche HallBrett Rushforth is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon and author of the prize-winning Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous and Atlantic Slaveries in New France. He will discuss his new project, "Political Life and Political Economy in a Caribbean Slave Rebellion: Martinique, 1710."
Luis Fernando Granados – “From St Domingue to Vermont: Looking for the South in the North”
6265 Bunche Hall“From St Domingue to Vermont: Looking for the South in the North” Luis Fernando Granados, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico 25 January, 12 to 1:30 (Bunche 6265—Reading Room) Cosponsors: Latin American Institute and the Center for Mexican Studies
The Red Dragon Logbook Conference
6275 Bunche HallA one-day symposium follows the 1586 voyage of the ship Red Dragon. The ship’s little-known logbook, documenting its journey from England, to Sierra Leone, Rio de la Plata and Salvador da Bahia, illuminates the early interconnected histories of Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Speakers: Vanessa Wilkie, Huntington Library Eleanor Hubbard, Princeton University David Wheat, Michigan State […]
Katherine Smith – “Haitian Vodou and the Masonic Imaginary”
“Haitian Vodou and the Masonic Imaginary”Katherine Smith, World Arts and Cultures8 March, 12 to 1:30 (Bunche 6275 Conference Room)
Daniel Richter – “Four Fixers: The North American Misadventures of England’s Royal Commissioners, 1664—1665”
6275 Bunche HallDaniel Richter, Richard S. Dunn Director of the McNeil Center for Early American Studies and Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Robert C. Ritchie Distinguished Fellow at the Huntington this year, will speak to Atlantic history at noon to 2 on Thursday April 19. More info about […]
Anna More, “Necro-Economics and The Early Iberian Slave Trade”
Lydeen Library, 4302 Rolfe HallLisl Schoepflin – “Murúa and his Andean Collaborators: A Chronicle in Colonial Context”
6275 Bunche HallMurúa and his Andean Collaborators: A Chronicle in Colonial Context Lisl Schoepflin 3 May, 12 to 1:30 (Bunche 6275—Conference Room)
Catherine Hall – “Common Practices: Edward Long and Race-Making Across the Black/White Atlantic”
6275 Bunche HallCommon Practices: Edward Long and Race-Making Across the Black/White Atlantic Catherine Hall, UCL 4 October, 12 to 1:30 (Bunche 6275—Conference Room)