Untold Histories of the Atlantic World

In 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.

In 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).

In this episode, my long-time friend and colleague, Amir Blair, will interview me as I present
a book review of Ida Altman’s 2021, Life and Society in the Early Spanish Caribbean: The
Greater 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.

In 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 studies from Leiden University, in The Netherlands. Aincre has lectured on various subjects in the field of African Studies across several universities and began her academic career in The Netherlands, where she co-designed and taught a course titled ‘The Idea of Africa’ for two years before moving to Ghana and working for the Institute of African Studies at Legon.

In 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.

In 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.

In 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."

This 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.

In this episode, Miguel Yunda joins me in conversation about the Atlantic history of Puerto Rican social movements.

In 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.