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Untold Histories of the Atlantic WorldRepresenting Africans in Early Modern Dutch PrintsIn this episode, Arianna Ray joins me in conversation about the history of representations of Africans in early modern prints within the Dutch Atlantic. Arianna is a PhD candidate in art history at Northwestern University and a current Fulbright Fellow based in the Netherlands. She specializes in early modern Northern European prints in a global context with a particular interest in materiality. Her dissertation, “Paper Skin: Printing Blackness and Materializing Race in the Early Modern Dutch Atlantic,” investigates how the color binary inherent to printmaking epidermalized race in engravings, etchings, and mezzotints of African Diasporic peoples.2025-02-1230 min
Untold Histories of the Atlantic WorldCooking the War- Warfare, Diplomacy, and Spirituality in Atlantic AfricaThis episode aims to examine The Akantamanso War of 1826 in Ghana in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, is Ishmael Annang. He is a teacher and a historian of society and environment in Africa and the African Atlantic in the Department of History at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. He received both his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and graduate Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degrees in History from the University of Ghana, Legon. He has broad research and teaching interests in Africa, Atlantic Africa, the African Atlantic/Diaspora, oral methodology, Ghana/West Africa, health and healing i...2025-01-0321 min
Untold Histories of the Atlantic WorldThe Windrush Generation in ScotlandIn this episode, Scotland's first Black Professor, Sir Geoff Palmer, joins me in conversation about his personal experiences as part of the Windrush generation in UK history. Sir Palmer is also a leading intellectual on the history of Scotland's involvement in the slave trade.2024-09-0425 min
Untold Histories of the Atlantic WorldSlavery and Colonialism in French ArtIn this episode, we will be discussing the history of slavery and colonialism during the early modern period as evidenced through French art. This episode aims to examine slavery and colonialism in the context of the Atlantic World. Joining me, is Professor Meredith Martin. Dr. Martin is a Professor of Art History at New York University and the Institute of Fine Arts. A specialist in early modern French art and empire, she is the co-author (with Gillian Weiss) of the award-winning book The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France (Getty, 2022).2024-05-0745 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldIndigenous, Spanish, & African Life in the Greater AntillesIn this episode, my long-time friend and colleague, Amir Blair, will interview me as I presenta book review of Ida Altman’s 2021, Life and Society in the Early Spanish Caribbean: TheGreater 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.2024-03-1511 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldGhanaian Women’s MovementIn 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 in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of Oxford and an MA in African stud...2023-12-2825 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldMexico's Green RevolutionIn 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.2023-11-2218 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldUrban Slavery in the BahamasIn 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.2023-05-0326 min
Your Bossiest Friend (The Podcast)Codeword: LeadershipWe are going to keep this season going; in this episode, I spoke with my girl Tianna Tye who I met back in 2019 at a conference I spoke at. Tianna shot her shot, and here we are today, educating you bosses on how to be leaders of your life and company!
In this episode of season 5, we discuss the following:
Balancing the Friendship & Leadership of your company
The hiring and firing process
Knowing yourself and being able to take criticism from your team
Enjoy!
Make sure you are staying connected with us on...2023-03-2255 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldLooting in Latin AmericaIn 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."2023-02-1525 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldLos Negros Mascogos & JuneteenthThis 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.2022-09-2315 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldPuerto Rican Social MovementsIn this episode, Miguel Yunda joins me in conversation about the Atlantic history of Puerto Rican social movements.2022-07-0630 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldSchool of Salamanca in Early Latin American Revolutionary ProjectsIn 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.2022-06-0620 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldAtlantic History of EmotionsIn 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.2022-05-0427 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldCacao and the Environment in Colonial Equatorial GuineaIn 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.2022-04-1121 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldDecolonizing Climate Action in MuseumsThis 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.2022-03-1119 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldThe Atlantic AmazonThis 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.2022-02-0235 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldPublic Memory of Slavery in RioIn 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.2022-01-0630 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldSocial and Cultural Histories in a Global AtlanticThe 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.2021-12-1545 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldDebunking Myths: Slavery in the Cayman IslandsToday’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.2021-11-0324 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldNew Orleans: Slavery and the Urban EnvironmentThis 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.2021-10-0624 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldSlavery in Danish St. CroixIn 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.2021-09-0122 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldUntangling the Sargasso Sea of FeminismIn 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.2021-07-0717 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldPublic Healing in the African AtlanticIn 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 African ritual practitioners to learn about how Black Caribbeans thought about and experienced their worlds in Brazil and Colombia respectively, through ritual and intellectual discourses.2021-06-0319 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldIndigenous and Afro-Colombian HistoryIn this episode, I discuss Indigenous and African 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.2021-05-0534 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldFrederick Douglass and Paul CuffeIn 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.2021-04-0722 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldPresident John Tyler and SlaveryIn this episode, I discuss the history of slavery and memory at the Sherwood Forest Plantation with a descendant of President John Tyler.2021-03-0333 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldAnti-Colonial Caribbean LiteratureIn 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.2021-02-0327 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldTransatlantic African Heritage TourismThis 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.2021-01-0617 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldBlacks and Jews in Louisiana c. 1800-1900In this episode, I will be discussing my undergraduate thesis titled, "Passing into Whiteness: A Historical Study of Black, Jewish, and Black Jewish Assimilation in Louisiana c. 1850s-1920s." Joining me is KyAndre Holifield.2020-12-0913 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldZwarte Piet and the Vestiges of Dutch ColonialismIn this episode, I will be discussing a Dutch Christmas tradition and its association with Zwarte Piet, or Black Pete in English. This character is based on anti-Black stereotypes and involves the use of blackface. This episode aims to examine this specific tradition within a larger context of Dutch colonization throughout the Atlantic World and also considers Black experiences in the Netherlands today. Joining me is my Humanity in Action fellow, Valerie Ntinu.2020-11-2525 minUntold Histories of the Atlantic WorldEscaping Slavery and Building Communities in Washington, D.C.In this episode of Untold Histories of the Atlantic World, my colleague, Jocelyn Ortiz joins me to discuss a project called “Escaping Slavery, Building Diverse Communities.” This was a collaborative digital history project involving Georgetown University students enrolled in the course titled “Finding D.C. Civil War Sites” taught by Professor Chandra Manning and in cooperation with the National Parks Service and the Organization of American Historians. Together, we produced a digital story map that intends to document the meaning of emancipation to newly freedmen and women, how they changed the nation’s capital, and refined its core principles.2020-11-1626 min