Thursday, April 29th (View the recording HERE)
1:30pm – 3:00pm PDT
Lyle Massey (UCI), Director Center for Early Cultures: Opening Remarks.
We will begin with a round table panel discussion of Kevin Dawson’s book, Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora. This roundtable will include comment by:
David Igler (UCI), Session Chair
Jessica Millward (UCI)
Alex Boruki (UCI)
Andrew Lipman (Barnard College)
3:00 – 4:30pm PDT
Steve Mentz (St. John’s University), “Swimming out of Africa, 50,000 BCE to ‘The Tempest'”
Introduced and moderated by Jane Newman (UCI)
Additionally, See Prof. Reinhard Lupton’s interview with Steve Mentz HERE
Friday, April 30th (View Part 1 HERE, Part 2 HERE, and Part 3 HERE)
11:30am – 1:00pm PDT
Special presentation on the coauthored volume Conchophilia: Shells, Art, and Curiosity in Early Modern Europe, a captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern Europe. This presentation will feature talks by:
Marisa Bass (Yale)
Anne Goldgar (USC)
Hanneke Grootenboer (Radboud University)
Claudia Swan (Washington University)
1:00pm – 2:00pm PDT
Bronwen Wilson (UCLA) will moderate a conversation with Conchophilia‘s co-authors Bass, Goldgar, Grootenboer, and Swan. This will be followed by Q&A.
2:00pm – 3:30pm PDT
Jeffrey Cohen (Arizona State University) and Julian Yates (University of Delaware), will deliver a joint lecture, “How to Think Like an Ark”. Introduced and Moderated by Julia Reinhard Lupton (UCI).
Additionally, See Prof. Reinhard-Lupton’s interview with Jeffrey Cohen and Julian Yates HERE.
Saturday, May 1st (View Part 1 Here, and Part 2 HERE)
9:00am – 12:00pm PDT
Joint graduate student conference, The Sea: Mobility, Ingenuity, and Ecology in the Early Modern World. This is co-organized by Cynthia Fang (UCLA), Drew Lash (UCLA), Sara Sisun (UCI), and Zachary Korol-Gold(UCI)
This graduate student conference will take the form of five online presentations. Participants will deliver 10 minute presentations on a topic relevant to their current research followed by an informal discussion with contributors and attendees.
See the full grad conference program and schedule HERE.