phd student. history. 19c atlantic world. comparative slavery and freedom in the americas. legal history. studying @vanderbiltu.

Joined April 2019
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Postdoctoral and PhD fellowships alert: Atlantic Exiles - Refugees and Revolution in the Atlantic World, 1770s–1820s uni-due.de/atlantic-exiles/a…

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I had such a great experience at the first JSH Manuscript Development Workshop! Thankful for the opportunity to participate and learn so much at this last week!
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A huge help to research in the Archivo de Indias via Pares online. Bookmark this folks! Thanks Scott.
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Looking forward!
We're excited to host Alejandro de la Fuente, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute @HutchinsCenter in collaboration with @RPWCenter and @VandyLibraries!
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Here it is! There has been a lot of great commentary on inequity in the publishing industry and the cartoonish depiction of migrants but what stood out to me most from producing this piece was how overtly American Dirt was written for the white gaze. latinousa.org/2020/01/29/ame…
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"Visionary Aponte: Art and Black Freedom," an exhibition of contemporary artistic interpretations of José Antonio Aponte's lost "Book of Paintings," is now open at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery. news.vanderbilt.edu/2020/01/…

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Call for Submissions: ASLH Preyer Award dlvr.it/RMRZHf

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Grad Student! Recent PhD Grads! Those Interested in mentoring! Only a couple more days to get those applications in! The deadline is approaching...! Apply➡bit.ly/GSWApp2020 #LSADenver2020
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Always such a pleasure #writing with a co-author from grad school!
Out now on #firstview: Angela Sutton (@DrAngelaSutton) and Charlton Yingling (@uofl) on 'Projections of Desire and Design in Early Moder Caribbean Maps' 👉Free access here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Here at #ASLH2019 we’re celebrating @UMichLaw’s Rebecca Scott for her scholarship and service to the field of legal history as an honorary member of the society. 🤩 Congrats!!!!
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Looking forward to the afternoon presentations on day 2 of #ASLH2019! Fascinating panel discussion now on law, empire, and peace-keeping by Lauren Benton, Lisa Ford, Eliga Gould, and @DavidRArmitage
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Learning so much @ASLH2019! Really engaging panel discussion happening now on New Approaches to Legalities of Indian Slavery by @FisherLinford, @TimoMcGregor, my @VanderbiltU colleague Alexandre Pelegrino, Arianne Sedef Urus, and Carolina Gonzalez
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Beginning the morning with panel about writing the legal history fo citizenship with @marthasjones_ Daniel Sharfstein @dsharfstein, Kristin Collins, and Kendra Field, and Christopher Capozzola #ASLH2019
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Excited for so many fascinating panels this weekend at #ASLH2019!
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Take note #twitterstorians Huntington Library gets rare slavery documents #slaveryarchive washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…

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Just in! Keila Grinberg’s life of a brilliant Afro-Brazilian intellectual who rose up to play a key-&conflicted-role in race & citizenship. “Required reading”-Sueann Caulfield. And not only for Latin Americanists. ⁦@AHAhistorians⁩ ⁦@LASACONGRESS uncpress.org/book/9781469652…
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Announcing … Women Also Know Law! Inspired by @womenalsoknow, we’re an organization, started by several @UMichLaw faculty with the support of the school, that highlights women who know law! #WomenAlsoKnowLaw #WomenKnowLaw
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FULLY PAID GRAD Conference: New and Emerging Studies on the Spanish Borderlands at @TheHuntington sponsored by @UCRiverside @HUSC_ICW @USC_EMSI Apply! Spread the word!
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