via the website: “Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations: A Symposium on the Atlantic World” seeks to explore the complicated relationship of race, citizenship, and national identity during the tumultuous long nineteenth century. By examining this connection in particular contexts within a broad Atlantic perspective, this symposium will contribute to a better understand … Continue reading CONF: Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations
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Tweets from the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference at #MSU
Tweets from the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference (#ASBDmsu) held at Michigan State University, November 8-9, 2013. Livetweeting courtesy of African Diaspora, Ph.D. on Twitter (@afrxdiasporaphd) [View the story "Tweets from the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference at #MSU" on Storify] For more information, see here CONF: Biographies: Atlantic Slave Database Conference at MSU | … Continue reading Tweets from the Atlantic Slave Biographies Database Conference at #MSU
CONF: Biographies: Atlantic Slave Database Conference at MSU
Biographies: Atlantic Slave Database Conference Michigan State University November 8th & 9th 2013 "In 2011, with the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities, MSU’s History Department and MATRIX initiated Biographies: The Atlantic Slave Data Network (ASDN). We seek to provide a platform for researchers to upload, analyze, visualize, and utilize data they have … Continue reading CONF: Biographies: Atlantic Slave Database Conference at MSU
CONF: Liberated Africans and Digital Humanities
Hosted by University of California-Irvine: While the transatlantic slave trade lasted nearly four centuries, over one quarter, or 2.9 million enslaved Africans, disembarked in the Americas-and to a lesser extent in Africa- after 1807. About 174,000 of this 2.9 million were “re-captured” by naval vessels, mainly British, charged with suppressing this traffic. These were the … Continue reading CONF: Liberated Africans and Digital Humanities
ARTICLE/CONF: Cleall Reviews 2012 Legacies of British Slave-Ownership Conference at University College of London
Esmé R. Cleall. “Emancipation, Slave-Ownership and the Remaking of The British Imperial World, University College London, 29–31 March 2012.” History Workshop Journal 75, no. 1 (April 1, 2013): 307–310. Excerpt: This conference came out of the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-Ownership Project (LBS) at University College London. Since April 2009 the LBS group has been investigating … Continue reading ARTICLE/CONF: Cleall Reviews 2012 Legacies of British Slave-Ownership Conference at University College of London
The President of Emory Praises 3/5ths Compromise (Context & Responses)
In the Winter 2013 issue of Emory Magazine, Emory University President James Wagner suggested the '3/5ths compromise' was "a way to temper ideology and continue working toward the highest aspiration," move beyond "polarization," and "facilitated the achievement of what both sides of the debate really aspired to—a new nation." Excerpt from original column: "...One instance … Continue reading The President of Emory Praises 3/5ths Compromise (Context & Responses)
CFP: “Pictures from an Expedition: Aesthetics of 19th-century Cartographic Exploration in the Americas” (Newberry Library)
Call for Papers: Newberry Library Symposium, June 20-21, 2013, Chicago, IL “Pictures from an Expedition: Aesthetics of 19th-century Cartographic Exploration in the Americas” We seek historians, art historians, geographers, and scholars of visual culture for a symposium to be held in Chicago at the Newberry Library on June 20-21, 2013. The symposium will consider the … Continue reading CFP: “Pictures from an Expedition: Aesthetics of 19th-century Cartographic Exploration in the Americas” (Newberry Library)
CONF: Telling the History of Slavery: Scholarship, Museum Interpretation, and the Public at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Fri, February 22, 2013, 9:00 am - Sat, February 23, 2013, 4:00 pm Reservations: Required This two-day event will feature panel discussions exploring recent innovations in slavery research and its impact on scholarship and public interpretation. Bringing together leading experts from across academia, museums, and documentary filmmaking, the conference will include four panels, each with … Continue reading CONF: Telling the History of Slavery: Scholarship, Museum Interpretation, and the Public at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
CFP: Graduate Student/Junior Scholar Workshop on “Black Freedom in the Atlantic World”
Vanderbilt University Workshop "The Age of Emancipation: Black Freedom in the Atlantic World" April 26-27, 2013 Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities Vanderbilt University's Sawyer Seminar "The Age of Emancipation: Black Freedom in the Atlantic World" invites applications from senior graduate students and junior scholars to participate in a two day workshop on the … Continue reading CFP: Graduate Student/Junior Scholar Workshop on “Black Freedom in the Atlantic World”
CONF: UMICH Program in Race, Law & History Plans Emancipation Celebration
From the announcement: Presented by the Law School's Program in Race, Law & History and the William L. Clements Library, activities will run from Oct. 15, 2012, until Feb. 18, 2013. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation as an executive order on Jan. 1, 1863. The commemoration will include an exhibit of documents and … Continue reading CONF: UMICH Program in Race, Law & History Plans Emancipation Celebration
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