The Indians Say: Storytelling, Settler Colonialism and American Natural History, 1722 to 1846 This talk discusses the use of information attributed to Indigenous sources within eighteenth and nineteenth century Anglophone natural history. Early modern naturalists studying North American flora and fauna frequently sought out the expertise of Indigenous people, who they simultaneously regarded as authoritative […]
In 1750, when the Brazilian border expanded by several orders of magnitude, Portuguese Crown officials, administrators, and men of science received the news with hope and apprehension. While the growth of frontiers of Portugal’s possession in the Americas was celebrated, it also presented formidable challenges for settlement. How could a diminutive metropole whose empire stretched […]
Celebration of the publication of Surgery and Salvation (UNC Press Nov 2023) by Elizabeth O’Brien (UCLA History Department). Co-Sponsored by the History of Gender and Sexuality Working Group. Details to follow. This event will be held in-person and via Zoom.
