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ALL TAGGED: "HISTORY"
Felipe Fernandes Cruz
Assistant Professor - HistoryEmily Clark
Professor - HistoryAdrian Anagnost
Assistant Professor - Art HistoryKris Lane
Professor - History, France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American HistoryRalph Lee Woodward
Professor Emeritus - HistorySusan Schroeder
Professor Emerita - HistoryColin M. MacLachlan
Emeritus - HistoryGuadalupe García
Assistant Professor - HistoryJames Boyden
Associate Professor - HistoryJustin Wolfe
Associate Professor - History, Arceneaux Professorship in Latin American HistoryLaura Rosanne Adderley
Associate Professor - HistoryJana Lipman
Associate Professor - History
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This story originally appeared in Tulane University’s School of Liberal Arts website. By: Guadalupe Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of History…Race and Place
This book emerged from a 2004 conference held at Tulane for international scholars interested in the African diaspora to Central…
Lecture/Screening: Emma Christopher, "The Amistad Mutineers' Countrymen: a Rebellious Caribbean Diaspora"
Emma Christopher is Associate Professor of History at the The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is…My Own Private El Dorado: The Strange History of a South American Legend
Join the Latin American Library in welcoming an exhibit gallery talk by Dr. Kris Lane, the France V. Scholes Professor…Latin American Library Greenleaf Fellow Gina Ruz Rojas to present research on carnival and independence festivals in Cartagena
Please join the Latin American Library in welcoming Gina Ruz Rojas, a 2018-2019 LAL Richard E. Greenleaf scholar, who will…Amazônia Ocupada exhibit and symposium to feature Amazonian scholars and Brazilian photographer João Farkas
The Latin American Library in collaboration with the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and the Departments of History and…Tulane Ph.D. student Diego Matadamas Gomora to present on the history of the Aztecs at the Mexican Cultural Institute
The New Orleans Hispanic Heritage Foundation and the Mexican Cultural Institute in New Orleans will be hosting a presentation titled…The People and Environment of Central America: A Professional Development Institute for K-12 Educators
Travel Scholarships Due March 1, 2019 Registration Due April 26, 2019 The Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University,…16th Annual Tulane Maya Symposium: The Ancient Maya and Collapse
The Middle American Research Institute, in collaboration with Tulane’s Stone Center for Latin American Studies, New Orleans Museum of Art,…Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A K-12 Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020 Cost: $3580 Now, in its fifth year, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and…Illicit Traders on New Granada's Caribbean Coast during the Long Sixteenth Century: A talk by Dr. Christian Cwik
Illicit Traders on New Granada’s Caribbean Coast during the Long Sixteenth Century A talk by Dr. Christian Cwik (University of…Recovered Memories: Spain, New Orleans and the Support for the American Revolution
Dr. Paul Hoffman, Louisiana State University’s Paul W. & Nancy W. Murrill Porfessor of History, will lecture on the Louisiana…New Worlds, Indigenous Technologies and European Cabinets of Curiosities
“New Worlds, Indigenous Technologies and European Cabinets of Curiosities” Lecture by Dr. Surekha Davies In the early modern period, European…Dennis A. Georges Lecture in Hellenic Culture
Join Dr. Emily Greenwood as she will be speaking about Greek language/literature, slavery, and the ‘politics of the human‘ when…Chantalle Verna to Present Research on U.S. and Haitian Relationships in Post-Occupation Haiti
Join us at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies in welcoming Dr. Chantalle Verna for a talk on her…Apply for the Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
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Please join us in welcoming Eyal Weinberg, from the University of Texas at Austin, who will be presenting on his…Tulane to Host Artist & Curator Edouard Duval-Carrié for Talk on Haitian Art & History
Join us at the Woldenberg Art Center in welcoming artist and curator Edouard Duval-Carrié for a talk titled Haitian Art…Tulane to host Dr. Andrew Paxman for a talk on William Jenkins and the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema
Join us at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies in welcoming historian and biographer Dr. Andrew Paxman, who will…Fridays at Newcomb: García to present on research in a talk titled "Black Geographies and Colonial Logic in Nineteenth-Century Havana"
Guadalupe García specializes in colonial Latin America and the Caribbean with an emphasis on Havana. Her research interests include colonial…Work-In Progress talk by Francisco Rodolfo González Galeotti
The Latin American Library presents a works-in-progress talk by Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow Francisco Rodolfo González Galeotti. His project “Intertwining…MARI Brown Bag: Michelle Pigott "Third Time's a Charm? Tristan de Luna's Florida Colony, 1559-1561"
Michelle Pigott, Graduate Student in the Department of Anthropology, will present a talk titled “Third Time’s a Charm? Tristan de…Enfermos y enfermedades en Honduras, hacia una historia de la salud 1880 a 1949
The Latin American Library presents a Works-in-Progress talk by Yesenia Martínez, Richard E. Greenleaf Fellow at The Latin American Library.…MARI Brown Bag: Laurent Corbeil "Crossing Paths: Mesoamericans on the Mining Borderlands"
Dr. Laurent Corbeil, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present a talk…MARI Brown Bag: Kris Lane "It's A Crime: Money, Murder, and the Great Potosi, Mint Fraud of 1649"
MARI is pleased to announce the 1st Brown Bag of the 2016-2017 academic year. Dr. Kris Lane, Professor of History…Work in Progress Talk: Manolo Estuardo Vela Castañeda
The Latin American Library presents a Works in Progress talk by Manolo Estuardo Vela Castañeda entitled “Hacerse guerrilla o seguir…"To Stand Like Saint Domingo": Caribbean Networks of Rebellion in the Age of Revolution
Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh where she specializes on the history…Comparative Slave Law in the Americas
Ariela Gross, John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History and Co-Director of the Center for Law…To Stand Like Saint Domingo: Caribbean Networks of Rebellion in the Age of Revolution
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Dr. Jo-Marie Burt, Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Latin American Studies at George Mason University, will give a…LAL Greenleaf Fellow Work in Progress Talk by Eugenia López Velázquez
Please join us for a work-in-progress talk by Eugenia López Velázquez, LAL Greenleaf Fellow 2014-2015. The talk will be in…Death in Paradise: Archaeology and the Atlantic Slave Trade on St. Helena Island
Dr. Andy Pearson, a contract archaeologist in the U.K. with an academic affiliation with the University of Bristol, in England,…The Guantánamo Public Memory Project
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project is a traveling exhibit that examines the history of the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo…Racism, Black Consciousness and the Problem of Unintended Dissidence in the Cuban Revolution, 1965-1971
Author and professor Lillian Guerra will be speaking at Tulane. This event is free and open to the public. Lillian…Dr. Robin Greeley Guest Lecture and Reception Cancelled
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In the early twenty-first century members of the DeWolf family of Rhode Island set about exploring their family’s history as…Talk by Dr. Ethelia Ruiz Medrano (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico
Professor Ethelia Ruiz Medrano (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico) will present a talk entitled ‘History and Field Work…Talk by Professor Kris Lane (William and Mary): "The Color of Money: Mint Conditions and Slavery in 17th-Century Potosí'
Professor Kris Lane (College of William & Mary) will present a talk entitled ‘The Color of Money: Mint Conditions and…The State of Labor in New Orleans: Working for Alliances - Alliances for Work
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EVENTS
- U.S. Sanctions and Venezuela's Humanitarian Crisis: a discussion with Francisco Rodriguez
- 2019 17th Annual Tulane University Student Conference on Latin America (TUSCLA/TUCLA)
- Lunch with LAGO featuring Gabriel Chouhy
- Lunch with LAGO featuring a conversation with three recent PhD graduates
- MARI Brown Bag: Rachel Witt "Chosen for death: Preliminary results from a study of human sacrifices from the Moche Valley, Peru"
- Without a Name and Under the Tongue: Sexual Violence, Brazilian Slavery, and the Archive
- Refugee Crises Now: A closer look at the Americas, Syria, and the Rohingya
- Pan-American Life in New Orleans: Exhibition Opening and Reception
- Cuban Musician Robertico Carcasses in conversation with Dan Sharp
- CANCELLED: Café con Alberto Barrera
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Upcoming Events
Graduate Student Writing Group
Weekly structured writing sessions for Latin Americanist graduate students in all departments. Students, who arrive with a project and a goal, work in communal silence during two 45 minute blocks separated by a 10-minute coffee break. All meetings will be held in the Latin American Library Seminar Room. Co-sponsored by the Stone Center and the Latin American Library.
Teaching Cuban Culture & Society: A K-12 Summer Educator Institute in Cuba
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2020
Cost: $3580
Now, in its fifth year, the Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane University are proud to announce the return of our annual two-week summer educator institute exploring the geography, culture and history of Cuba. For an educator, Cuba is rich with lessons to bring into the classroom. This program highlights the important historical and cultural connections between the United States and Cuba. Participants will explore key sites and meet local experts and artists who will provide unique insight for educators who teach such subjects as U.S./Latin American Relations, World Geography, World History, and Spanish among others. Come and visit the site of the historic Bay of Pigs, explore Milton Hershey’s sugar plantation and the Cuban national literacy campaign.
Fill out the online APPLICATION here, due March 15, 2020.
Additional materials needed:- Two letters of recommendation (please make sure to have at least one recommendation letter from a colleague at your school) Please email your recommenders the PDF above. They submit via email the complete recommendation letter.
- Copy of Passport
- $200 program deposit
THE PROGRAM INCLUDES:
- Lodging at Casa Vera (double occupancy)
- At least 1 meal a day (at Casa Vera and on excursions)
- Transportation to/from airport to residence (if you arrive on time)
- Medical insurance: Each participant will be covered for the entire program length by a travel health insurance policy.
- Group tours and excursions, with associated transportation
THE PROGRAM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- Airfare to/from the U.S.: approx. $300-$600
- Visa: $50-$100 depending on airline
- Checked luggage ($25) + Overweight baggage: This constitutes anything in excess of maximum allowed luggage weight (50lbs), both going and returning from Cuba.
- Communication: Internet and long distance/international calls
- Additional meals (1 a day, snacks)
- Taxi/ground transportation: Participants are responsible for expenses incurred getting around town during free time.
- Admission to museums, events, etc.: Participants will be responsible for these expenses unless they are part of itinerary.
- All materials and personal expenditures
- Loss/Theft Travel Insurance: Please note only travel medical insurance is included in program. If you would like additional coverage (including insurance for loss of baggage, emergency cash transfers, etc.), it is recommended that you purchase additional insurance.
Please email crcrts@tulane.edu or call 504.865.5164 for additional details.
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