Atlantic Port Cities in the Age of Discovery March 30, 2009

Join three scholars of the Atlantic for an interdisciplinary discussion about slavery and urbanity, empires and modernity. Participants include Jean Howard, George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities, and Chair of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and Alejandro de la Fuente, Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh. Moderated by Jennifer Morgan, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis and Department of History at New York University.
Co-sponsored by the Atlantic Studies Group
RSVP to csmithro@umich.edu

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