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"A Society of Patriotic Ladies" [of Edenton, N.C.],
London, 1775 (Library of Congress).

Gender Issues for Atlantic History, 1500-1800:
Sources and Interpretations

March 31-April 1, 2001
Harvard University

A Workshop of

The International Seminar on the History of the Atlantic World, 1500-1800

Program

Saturday, March 31

9:00-9:30 a.m.
    Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University
        Introduction

9:30-10:00 a.m.
    Laurel Ulrich, Harvard University
        “Where Does Gender Fit in History?”

10:15 a.m.-12:00 noon
    Kathleen Brown, University of Pennsylvania
        “Gendering the Atlantic and Atlanticizing Gender: Two Routes to a Gendered Atlantic World”

    Sylvia Van Kirk, University of Toronto
        “From ‘Marrying-In’ to ‘Marrying-Out’: Changing Patterns of Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Marriage in Colonial Canada”

Lunch, Great Space, Robinson Hall, 12:15-1:30 p.m.

2:00-5:00 p.m.
    Barbara Bush, Staffordshire University
        “ ‘Sable Venus,’ ‘She Devil,’ or ‘Drudge’? British Slavery and the ‘Fabulous Fistion’ of Black Women's Identities, c.1650-1838”

    Elizabeth Kuznesof, University of Kansas
        “The Significance of Race and Gender in Brazilian Family History”

    Kathryn Burns, University of North Carolina
        “Crossings: Gender, ‘Race,’ and Sexuality in and beyond the Colonial Andes”

Reception, Great Space, Robinson Hall, 5:00-7:00

Sunday, April 1

9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
    Aaron Fogleman, University of South Alabama
        “Jesus Is Female: Gender, Power, and Religious Violence in the German Communities”

    Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Rutgers University
        “Female Slaves in the Atlantic World: Ethnicities, Gender Balances, Skills, Family Life”

Lunch, Great Space, Robinson Hall, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

All Workshop sessions will take place in the Thompson Room, Barker 110, at Harvard University.


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© 2001 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College.
Created February 26, 2001.