FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Time: 4 pm
Location: FAU Wimberly Library, 5th Floor
Make plans to join the FAU Libraries and the FAU Department of History for the 2nd Annual Spirit of America Research Symposium. This year’s symposium features three visiting researchers from around the country discussing their research and how it relies on examining the treasures from the Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection.
2019 Speakers:
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Brandon Munda
Department of History, The College of William and Mary
Dissertation Title: The Spyglass and the Mirror: Comparative Intelligence and Trans-Imperial State Formation in the War of Spanish Succession -
Sean Morey Smith
Department of History, Rice University
Dissertation Title: Abolition and the Making of Scientific Racism in the Anglophone Atlantic -
Jason Herbert
Department of History, University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: Beast of Many Names: Cattle, Conflict, and the Transformation of Native Florida, 1513-1858
This presentation is free and open to the public. The lecture will begin at 4 pm on the 5th Floor of the S.E. Wimberly Library. All guests must follow FAU parking procedures.
For questions about this program please contact libevents@fau.edu
*The 2019 Huntington Library - FAU Libraries Fellowships are available because of generous contributions from Dr. Howard and Judith Weiner, the FAU Libraries and the Huntington Library.
