American Counterpoint: New Approaches to Slavery and Abolition in Brazil
Gilder Lehrman Center's 12th Annual International Conference
October 29-30, 2010
Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Co-Sponsored by Yale University’s Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
Since the 1988 centennial celebration of Abolition in Brazil the study of slavery and abolition has moved in new directions that have explored not only the role and voices of the slaves themselves, but also the important place of Brazil in the comparative history of slavery and of the African Diaspora. This conference will highlight the trends of current research and their implications for the history of slavery not only in Brazil, but in the Americas as a whole.
Participants Include:
• Angela Alonzo
• Matthias Röhrig Assunção
• Mariana P. Candido
• Roquinaldo Ferreira
• Keila Grinberg
• Mary C. Karasch
• Herbert S. Klein
• Silvia Hunold Lara
• Douglas C. Libby
• Paul E. Lovejoy
• Beatriz G. Mamigonian
• Jeffrey D. Needell
• Richard Price
• João José Reis
• Rebecca J. Scott
The conference is free and open to the public, but online pre-registration is required. For a complete conference schedule and to register, visit www.yale.edu/glc/brazil or call 203-432-3339.
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