Migration, Maps, and Revolution: Telling a Transnational History of Race in a Digital Age

255 Old Horticulture Building 506 E Circle Dr Room 255, East Lansing, MI, United States

Mar. 16, 2018 at 1:00 PM in the History Conference Room, 255 Old Horticulture—Professor Jesse Hoffnung-Garskoff, University of Michigan, “Migration, Maps, and Revolution: Telling a Transnational History of Race in a Digital Age.”   Abstract: In his forthcoming book, Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof tells the stories of a group… Continue Reading Migration, Maps, and Revolution: Telling a Transnational History of Race in a Digital Age

Digital Humanities and African Diaspora Studies: The Intra-American Slave Trade Database

201 International Center

Mar. 21, 2018—3:00 PM in 201 International Center—Professor Alex Borucki, UC Irvine History Department, “Digital Humanities and African Diaspora Studies: The Intra-American Slave Trade Database”   From the publication of Phillip Curtin’s The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census in 1969 to the launching of the… Continue Reading Digital Humanities and African Diaspora Studies: The Intra-American Slave Trade Database

The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century

255 Old Horticulture Building 506 E Circle Dr Room 255, East Lansing, MI, United States

Mar. 22, 2018—History Department Conference Room—255 Old Horticulture at 4:00 PM—Professor Alex Borucki, UC Irvine Department of History, “The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century"   This presentation examines… Continue Reading The Vernons of Newport in the River of Silver: Slave Trading and Circuits of Silver in the Atlantic-Oriented Global Markets of the Eighteenth Century