College of Social Science
Click here for more information on the event and speaker Dr. Robert Orsi. Sponsored by St. John Church and Student Center / MSU Arts & Letters Endowment in American Catholic Thought and Culture.
Peter Beattie’s article “‘Born Under the Cruel Rigor of Captivity, the Supplicant Left it Unexpectedly by Committing a Crime’: Categorizing and Punishing Slave Convicts in Brazil, 1830-1897” (v. 66 of The Americas) will receive Honorable Mention for the Conference on Latin American History’s Tibesar Prize at… Continue Reading Professor Beattie’s Article Honored
David Wheat’s article, “Mediterranean Slavery, New World Transformations: Galley Slaves in the Spanish Caribbean, 1578-1635” appears in the latest issue of the journal Slavery and Abolition (v. 31, issue 3, Sept. 2010). The issue is dedicated to Maritime Slavery. Walter Hawthorne also has an article in… Continue Reading Professors Wheat and Hawthorne in journal “Slavery and Abolition”
Walter Hawthorne’s new book, From Africa to Brazil, Culture, Identity, and an Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1830, African Studies Series, New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, was released this week.
Javier Pescador was one of 12 international artists selected to create Day of the Dead art installations for the exhibit “Vida Breve Day of the Dead 2010” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. His installation “Qing Ming in Mictlan?” (with Gabrielle Pescador) is dedicated to… Continue Reading Professor Pescador’s Installation at National Museum of Mexican Art