Event time:
Friday, February 9, 2018 - 9:45am to Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 4:00pm
Location:
The Graduate Club
155 Elm Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Event description:
The Lewis Walpole Library presents a conference:
Global Encounters and the Archives: Britain’s Empire in the Long Eighteenth Century
preliminary schedule (subject to change)
Day 1. Friday, February 9, 2018
- 9:45 Registration. Coffee
- 10:15 Opening Remarks
- Session 1. 10:30 What is Empire? Chair TBD
- Onur Ulas Ince , School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
- Douglas Fordham, Art History, University of Virginia
- James Vaughn, History, University of Texas, Austin
- 12:00 Lunch, The Graduate Club for all attendees
- Session 2. 1:00 Conceptualizing Political Economy. Chair TBD
- Ashley L. Cohen, English, Georgetown University
- David Stasavage, Silver Professor of Politics, New York University
- Abigail Swingen, Department of History, Texas Tech University
- Session 3. 2:30 Indigenous Peoples, Chair TBD
- Brendan Kane, History, University of Connecticut
- Gregory E. Dowd, History, University of Michigan
- Professor Maxine Berg, History, University of Warwick
DAY 2, Friday, February 10, 2018
- 9:45 Coffee
- 10:15 Welcome.
- Session 4. 10:30 Slavery. Chair TBD
- Marissa Fuentes, History and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- James Oakes, Distinguished Professor, American History, The Graduate Center, CUNY
- Julia Gaffield, History, Georgia State University
- 12:00 Lunch
- Session 5. 1:00 Material Culture. Chair TBD
- Robbie Richardson, English, University of Kent
- Catherine A. Molineux, History, Vanderbilt
- Margaret M. Bruchac, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
- Session 6: 2:30 Alliance and Diplomacy. Chair TBD
- Eric Hinderaker, History, University of Utah
- Sarah Rivett, English, Princeton University
- Holly Shaffer, Art History, Brown University
- Stephen Conway, History, University College London
Admission:
Free but register in advance
Open to:
General Public