Sunday, April 21, 2013

Early Modern Atlantic World: Slavery, Race, Governance

Reblogged from Brian Sandberg: Historical Perspectives:

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The Center for African American History at Northwestern University held a conference this weekend on "The Early Modern Atlantic World: Slavery, Race, Governance."



I was able to attend two sessions of the conference and heard some fascinating presentations by Kristin Huffine, Nancy van Deusen, Susan Deans-Smith, and other scholars. Kristin Huffine, who presented on Jesuit theories of cosmography and human origins, is one of my colleagues in the Department of History at Northern Illinois University.


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