Book Launch

Republics of Difference: Religious and Racial Self-Governance in the Spanish Atlantic World

Graubart-book
Thu
Dec
08

This book launch event celebrates the new monograph by Faculty Fellow Karen Graubart (history), Republics of Difference: Religious and Racial Self-Governance in the Spanish Atlantic World, which examines and compares 15th-century Seville and 16th- and 17th-century Lima to show how religiously- and racially-based self-governance functioned in a society with many kinds of law, what effects it had on communities, and why it mattered. Featured panelists who will discuss its contents and impact in the field include:

Sherwin K. Bryant
Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies
Co-Director, Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group
Affiliated Faculty, Department of History
Affiliated Faculty, Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Northwestern University

Lisa Voigt
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
Special Issues Editor, Colonial Latin American Review
The Ohio State University

Carlos A. Jáuregui
Associate Professor of Latin American Literature
Kellogg Institute Faculty Fellow

Moderator:
Aníbal Pérez-Liñan
Director, Kellogg Institute for International Studies