Calendar

September 10, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

Eva Botella Ordinas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellow
Ambergris: Pearl of the Whales, Gold of the Seas. John Locke and the English Colonization of Florida and of Spanish History

September 17, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

Kelly Wisecup, University of Maryland
Barbara S. Mosbacher Fellow
"So healthful and hopeful a country": Sassafras and Empirical Medical Knowledge in Edward Winslow's News from New England

September 24, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON AND BOOK LAUNCH
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

Kay Dian Kriz, Brown University
Department of Art and Architecture
Slavery, Sugar, and the Culture of Refinement.

October 1, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

No speaker.

October 7, 2008 (Tuesday) – 5:30 p.m.

BOOK PARTY
   MACMILLAN READING ROOM
   JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY

Nicolas Wey Gomez, Brown University
Celebrating his book on Columbus
The Tropics of Empire: Why Columbus Sailed South to the Indies.

Followed by a reception.

October 8, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

James Muldoon, Emeritus, Rutgers University
Invited Research Scholar
The Language of the Law: The Creole Dialect of Empires.

October 15, 2008 (Wednesday) – 12:00 p.m.

FELLOWS LUNCHEON
   CHANCELLOR'S DINING ROOM
   SHARPE REFECTORY

Hari Gopinadhan Nair, Universidad Autónoma de México
Norman Fiering Fellow
Topic to be announced.

October 15, 2008 (Wednesday) – 5:30 p.m.

BOOK LAUNCH
   MACMILLAN READING ROOM
   JOHN CARTER BROWN LIBRARY

David Hackett Fischer, Brandeis University
Celebrating his book on Champlain
Champlain's Dream.

Followed by a reception.