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Liminality and Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern World – Day 1

Royce 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles CA

CMRS-CEGS Workshop “Possession: Race, Gender, and Ownership in the French Atlantic," a lecture by Jennifer Palmer (History, University of Georgia). Organized by Barbara Fuchs (English, Spanish, UCLA) and Andrew Devereux (History, UCSD). Click for readings.

Liminality and Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern World – Day 2

Royce 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles CA

CMRS-CEGS Seminar Organized by Barbara Fuchs (English, Spanish, UCLA) and Andrew Devereux (History, UCSD). With  Chloe Ireton (History, University College London) and Jennifer Palmer (History, University of Georgia). Register to attend IN PERSON: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemJHpVpq0pLc-TmRvDLGA8HAsge07N3yYwIlh7GnziEFyCHQ/viewform Register to attend on ZOOM: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsdOivrz8tH9CcxbiZNPQBDWUruZXm-P08 Click for readings.

Liminality and Cosmopolitanism in the Early Modern World – Day 3

Royce 306 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles CA

CMRS-CEGS Workshop "Slavery & Freedom in Black Thought in the Spanish Atlantic in the 16th Century,"  a lecture by Chloe Ireton (History, University College London). Organized by Barbara Fuchs (English, Spanish, UCLA) and Andrew Devereux (History, UCSD). Register to attend IN PERSON (only option): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNPbpXliFnZcDsMWffTPVmezNm7Cagdk9iVAtKBdDWyXasvg/viewform Click for readings.

The Mediterranean Seminar Winter Workshop 2024, Intermediaries, Middle Grounds, Middle Sea

Royce 314 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA

As the theater of engagement and integration of communities originating on the shores or from the hinterlands of Africa, Asia, and Europe, the Mediterranean region served as a dynamic center of interaction and exchange from Antiquity through early modernity. Even as it began to lose political and economic centrality, it has remained a zone of...

Lecture by Hannah Barker, “In Distant Places Among Alien People: Slavery, Friendship, and Tatar-Venetian Relations in the 15th Century”

Dodd Hall 275 Los Angeles

Guest Speaker: Hannah Barker (Arizona State University) In 1455, the Venetian patrician Giosafat Barbaro encountered an old friend in surprising circumstances. As a young merchant in the Black Sea port of Tana, Barbaro had met and befriended a local Tatar notable named Chebechzi. At the end of his time in Tana, Barbaro returned home expecting...