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American Revolutions: The Reverberations of Rebellion Across the Americas and the Caribbean

Keynote Lecture

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Rebellion in the Age of Revolutions: Cuba, Haiti, and the United States Ada Ferrer, Ph.D. Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Princeton University Wednesday, October 28, 4:00 pm 5th Floor, S.E. Wimberly Library, Florida Atlantic Light Reception and Book Signing to Follow

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ada Ferrer explores the Age of Revolutions in the Caribbean that was inaugurated by the American Revolution, which created the United States. From Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution to the lesser-known anti-slavery conspiracy led by Cuban artist José Antonio Aponte, in the 1790s–1810s, these near neighbors to the United States took up the question of the meaning of liberty.

Tickets: $15; FREE for students, faculty, and staff.
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Panels: research by Florida Atlantic Students & Faculty

Florida Atlantic students and faculty are presenting research that has resulted from their year of sustained attention to the 250th anniversary of the U.S. founding. Using the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters’s signature “Study of the Americas” framework, presenters from multiple disciplines will bring a hemisphere-wide perspective that capitalizes on South Florida’s centrality to the Americas as they examine major themes of America250: rebellion, democracy, and the many meanings of liberty.

Session 1, "Collective Identities," Wednesday, October 28, 2:00 welcome, 2:15–3:45 pm

Session 2, "Rights, Race, and Revolutions," Thursday, October 29, 12:45–2:15 pm

Session 3: "Empires, Individuals, and Independence Movements," Thursday, October 29, 2:30–4:00 pm

All paper titles and presenters are provided in this list [PDF].

Registration is required for FREE admission.

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Featured panel: SPirit of America

Visiting Researchers Showcase Treasures of Florida Atlantic's Marvin & Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection

Thursday, October 29, 4:00 pm
5th Floor, S.E. Wimberly Library, Florida Atlantic
Light Reception to Follow

After a month of intensive research in Florida Atlantic’s , three scholars from across the United States and Europe highlight gems and reveal the secrets they hold for their research.

Registration is required for FREE admission.

Presenters

	��	The Jewish-Portuguese Presence and Representation in 17th-century England Augusto Rocha University of Colorado, Boulder
	��	Rebels in Exile: Jacobite Communication in Early 18th-century Europe I.B. Prenen Leiden University
	��	Black and Indigenous Rebels and Refugees in the Trans-Imperial Floridas Lizzie McCord University of California, Berkeley

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The Weiner Spirit of America Collection of rare books reflects the personal libraries of such founders as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, including their interest in earlier European History.

The signature Florida Atlantic-Huntington Library Collaborative Fellowship Program is made possible by the generous underwriting of Dr. Howard and Judith Weiner with support from the Florida Atlantic Libraries, the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, and the Department of History, in partnership with the premier collections and research hub at The Huntington in San Marino, CA.

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Proudly presented by the Department of History and the Study of the Americas Initiative at the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters together with the Florida Atlantic Libraries.

Also made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities with matching funds from The Family of Marvin & Sybil Weiner. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this symposium do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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