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Events Archive

2020

printed astronomical diagram
Roundtable

What are we talking about when we talk about the history of astronomy in the Americas?

image showing books on a wooden table and two people skimming a book in the foreground
Workshop

From Primary Sources to Publication: an online workshop for scholars of early America

map of the world with continents upside down
Exhibition opening

Constellations exhibition launch and guided tour with Historian of Science Simon Schaffer

Image of Peruvian Print Shop
Lecture

Historia del libro en lenguas originarias de América

printed text in Spanish
Guided show-and-tell

Latin Americana: The Latin Collection at the JCB

book with manuscript annotations
Guided show-and-tell

Acquiring Americana at the JCB: An Introduction to our Collection

plan of coffee plantation in Saint Domingue
Guided show-and-tell

First Readings 2020 & the JCB

two images, the first an engraving of Native Americans and Spanish soldiers fighting around Cuzco, the second an illustration of an Indigenous group's village in Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by André Machado and Fernanda Sposito

chart of the Caribbean islands
Fellow's Talk

The Creole Archipelago: Race and Colonization in the Southern Caribbean, c. 1660-1797

Aztec sacrifice scene in temple surrounded by daily life in ancient Mexico
Fellow's Talk

Educational Orders in Mesoamerica: Toward a View from Five Schools

image of an idol and altar at Copan
Fellow's Talk

Writing in and Between Classic Maya Polities

colored world map
Fellow's Talk

Between God and Darwin: Evading Disorder while Journeying Far from Home

2019

detail of cartouche of a map of northeastern North America
Lecture

Frames that Speak: An Introduction to Cartographic Cartouches

Detailed, colored manuscript plan of the city of Montevideo in present-day Uruguay
Workshop

Viewing Topography Across the Globe

two images, the first showing a view of Préfontaine's plantation in the Guianas, and the second an image showing a runaway enslaved man in a forest
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by Oliver Cussen and Greg O'Malley

two images, the first a title page showing Faith and Religion as pillars upholding the Spanish monarchy within a classical architectural element, and the second a map of the colony of Demerara
Fellow's Talk

Presentations by Angela Ballone and Catherine Peters