Conferences

Upcoming

Sexuality & Slavery: Exposing the History of Enslaved People in the Americas

November 11- 12, 2011

This two-day workshop will examine the history of sexuality and slavery in the Americas. Although the history of sexuality for enslaved people of African descent has received limited attention in the historical literature, there is ample evidence in primary records to launch this field of study. The workshop seeks to address the methodological and archival issues that are true for any history of intimacy, and demonstrate how a history of sexuality for enslaved people can be constructed. We will discuss the politics of doing such a history, the research challenges, as well as the regional and transnational differences.

Convened by
Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas at Austin
Leslie Harris, Emory University

Confirmed Participants:
Trevor Burnard, University of Mebourne
Adrienne Davis, Washington University in St. Louis
Steve Deyle, University of Houston
Tom Foster, DePaul University
Marisa Fuentes, Rutgers University
Tera Hunter, Princeton University
Wilma King, University of Missouri
Barbara Krauthamer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jessica Millward, University of California, Irvine
Jennifer L. Morgan, New York University
Kym Morrison, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sowande’ Mustakeem, Washington University in St. Louis
Tamara J. Walker, University of Pennsylvania

Information, program, and registration forthcoming.
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Past

2010-11

Centering Families in Atlantic Worlds, 1500-1700

convened by Profs. Julie Hardwick, Sarah M. S. Pearsall (Oxford Brooks University), and
Karin Wulf (Omohondro Institute, College of William and Mary)

2009-10

Independence and Decolonization

convened by Profs. Susan Deans-Smith, Benjamin Claude Brower, and Mark Metzler

1763 and All That: Temptations of Empire in the British World in the Decade After the Seven Years' War

convened by Profs. Robert Olwell and James Vaughn

Latin America in the Cold War

convened by Profs. Jonathan Brown, Virginia Garrard-Burnett, and Mark Lawrence

2008-09

The Nation-State and the Transnational Environment

convened by Profs. Mark Lawrence and Erika Bsumek

American Crossroads: Migration, Communities, and Race

convened by Prof. Madeline Hsu

Black Atlantics: An Urban Perspective, 1400-1900

convened by Profs. Matt D. Childs and Jorge Canizares-Esguerra

Re-thinking German Modernities

convened by Prof. Tracie Matysik