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On May 11-12, 2006, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University will host the second of a series of workshops in Atlantic History entitled "'Recapricorning' the Atlantic: Luso-Brazilian and Luso-African Perspectives on the Atlantic World.". May 11th will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan and May 12th will be held in East Lansing, Michigan.
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.
Participants and Commentators for this workshop include:
Paulina Alberto (University of Michigan)
Roquinaldo A. Ferreira (University of Virginia)
Walter Hawthorne (Michigan State University)
Mary Karasch (Oakland University)
Paul Lovejoy (York University)
Hebe Mattos (Universidade Federal Fluminese)
John Monteiro (UNICAMP)
Julius Scott (University of Michigan)
Rebecca Scott (University of Michigan)
Juliana Beatriz Almedia de Souza (Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro)
Barbara Weinstein (University of Maryland)
Erica Windler (Michigan State University)
Anyone interested in attending can go to www.msu.edu/~atlantic for more information or by contacting Lindsey Gish at atlantic@msu.edu
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