Episodes
In this episode, my long-time friend and colleague, Amir Blair, will interview me as I present a book review of Ida Altman’s 2021, Life and Society in the Early Spanish Caribbean: The Greater Antilles, 1493–1550. Amir obtained his BA in Anthropology from the University of South Florida where he also earned a MA in Library & Information Science. Amir currently works as a User Experience Librarian for North Carolina State University Libraries.
Published 03/15/24
In this episode, we discuss the history of West African women’s transatlantic organizing for rights in West Africa. This episode examines West African women’s mobilization for women’s rights and their links to the wider international women’s movement of the early – mid-twentieth century in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, is Aincre Evans. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in History at the University of Oxford, where she is a Black Academic Futures Scholar. She has a Master of Studies...
Published 12/28/23
In this episode, Gabriel Panuco-Mercado joins me in conversation about his research on the history of Mexico’s Green Revolution. This episode examines gendered and environmental challenges in Mexican cane and maize-producing communities in the context of global agricultural industrialization. Gabriel is a PhD student in Latin American History at Stanford University.
Published 11/22/23
In this episode, Sasha Wells—MA student from the University of Florida—discusses the history of Urban Slavery in The Bahamas during the Loyalist period (1784-1834) within the context of the Atlantic World.
Published 05/02/23
In this episode, Roger Atwood joins me in discussing the history of looting in Latin America in the context of the Atlantic World. Roger is the author of "Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World."
Published 02/15/23
This episode examines the history of Negros Mascogos in Northern Mexico and their celebration of the emancipation of enslaved Black people. Taryn White joins me in a discussion of her article published in National Geographic.
Published 09/23/22
In this episode, Miguel Yunda joins me in conversation about the Atlantic history of Puerto Rican social movements.
Published 07/06/22
In today’s episode, I discuss the influence of the School of Salamanca in early Latin American revolutionary projects in the context of the Spanish Atlantic World. Joining me, is Johannes Schmidt.
Published 06/06/22
In this episode, I will be discussing the history of two seventeenth-century slave societies, Providence Island and Cartagena de Indias. This episode aims to examine both societies in the context of the Atlantic World. But we will also be discussing an unusual approach to studying history: writing the history of emotions. Joining me is George Clay.
Published 05/04/22
In episode 18, I discuss the environmental history of cacao in Equatorial Guinea during the Spanish colonial period. I will be handing over the role of host to my dear friend Bethania Michael, who will interview me for a change.
Published 04/11/22
This episode aims to explore how museums are responding to the climate crisis in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me is Leia Caldwell, a Master's student in Collections and Curating Practices from Scotland.
Published 03/11/22
This episode aims to examine the history of the Amazonian region in South America as a trans-imperial and transnational space overlooked by the historiographies of Latin America and the Caribbean within the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, is Manoel Rendeiro Neto.
Published 02/02/22
In this episode, I discuss the memorialization and public history of Atlantic slavery in Brazil. This episode aims to examine the subaltern institutions contributing to the public memory of Rio de Janeiro in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me is Joao Sodre.
Published 01/06/22
The focus of this episode is to explore social and cultural world histories alongside the concept of a Global Atlantic History. To do so, the conversation will be divided into two sections: In the first, we will conder the social and cultural roles of women in Atlantic trade, migrations, or diasporas in a global history context. In the second, we will discuss the world/global historian’s toolkit. Joining me in conversation is Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks.
Published 12/15/21
Today’s episode seeks to debunk myths about the history of slavery in the Cayman Islands in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, are Mikana Scott and Katlen Bush.
Published 11/03/21
This episode aims to examine the history of slavery and the urban environment in New Orleans during the 18th and 19th centuries in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, is Georgetown University History Ph.D. student, Greg Beaman.
Published 10/06/21
In this episode, I discuss the history of the Danish slave trade and colonization. This episode aims to examine the specific significance of the I Am Queen Mary statue within a larger context of Danish colonization in St. Croix and the Danish slave trade throughout the Atlantic World. Joining me is my Humanity in Action fellow, Kwolanne Felix.
Published 09/01/21
In this episode, I discuss the evolving canon of feminist literature in the Caribbean in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Jocelyn Flores joins me in a conversation about Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea.
Published 07/07/21
In this episode, I present a comparative analysis of the narrative and methodological approaches employed by two prominent historians in their study of African public healing and intellectual history in the Iberian Atlantic. I will focus on James Sweet’s book titled, "Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic World" and Pablo Gomez’s "The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic." Both authors study individual...
Published 06/02/21
In this episode, I discuss Indigenous and Afrrican history in pre-republic Colombia and the modern implications on indigenous culture and the legacies of slavery. Joining me is my fellow Georgetown University graduate student, Miguel Torres Yunda.
Published 05/05/21
In this epsiode, I discuss the history of resettlement or re-colonization efforts on behalf of black and white Americans. This episode focuses on Frederick Douglass and his complex relationship with President Abraham Lincoln. Their opposing stances on the issue of African American re-colonization will be put into conversation with the pro-resettlement initiatives of a slightly lesser-known figure, Paul Cuffe, and his relationship with President James Madison.
Published 04/07/21
In this episode, I discuss the history of slavery and memory at the Sherwood Forest Plantation with a descendant of President John Tyler.
Published 03/03/21
In this episode, Perry Flores, a senior at Fordham University, brings his unique perspective as an anthropology major, to the study of anti-colonial literature in the Caribbean.
Published 02/03/21
This podcast episode discusses the topic of Black heritage tourism and the transnational dimensions of Black consumerism. The history of African Americans who have traveled to the locations of the diaspora such as Ghana, South Africa, and Brazil in the African diaspora, is the focus of this episode. The concept of heritage or roots tourism is related to the question of how African Americans have historically viewed their place in the world.
Published 01/06/21