Call for Papers: "Luso-Brazilian & Luso-African Perspectives
on the Atlantic World", 05/06
"'Recapricorning' the Atlantic:
Luso-Brazilian and Luso-African Perspectives on the Atlantic World"
University of Michigan and Michigan State University
May 11-13, 2006
On May 11-13, 2006, the University of Michigan and
Michigan State University will host the second of a series of
workshops in Atlantic History. The workshop will be a forum for
discussing new research on the history of the Lusophone South
Atlantic. The workshop aims to generate discussion on how this
research modifies, challenges, or confirms major trends in the
scholarship on Atlantic History, which has focused primarily on the
North Atlantic and the Caribbean. We will select eight participants
and four commentators whose work represents a variety of approaches,
periods, and regions. Although we hope participants will receive
funding from their institutions to cover the costs of travel, there
will be financial support available, especially for scholars
coming from outside the U.S. The conference is sponsored by the Latin
American and Caribbean Studies Program, the Atlantic Studies
Initiative, and the Department of History at the University of
Michigan and the Department of History, the Center for African
Studies and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at
Michigan State University. The conference is being organized
collaboratively by Paulina Alberto, Sueann Caulfield, Paul Johnson,
Julius Scott and Rebecca Scott (of the University of Michigan) and
Peter Beattie, Christine Daniels, Laurent Dubois, Walter Hawthorne,
and Erica Windler (of Michigan State University). Applicants should
submit a C.V., a draft version of the chapter or article they wish to
present, and (if it is part of a longer work) a brief description of
the work from which it is drawn, by January 30. Final versions of
the chapters will be due by April 10. Submissions and oral
presentations may be in English or Portuguese. Application materials,
which we prefer to receive electronically, and all inquiries, should
be sent to atlantic@msu.edu or Lindsey Gish (Atlantic Workshop
Coordinator), Department of History, 301 Morrill Hall, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI 48824. General information about the
workshop, including last yearâs program, can be found at
http://www.msu.edu/~atlantic .
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