Cross-Cultural Histories, Free History Seminar @ The University of Melbourne

Cross-Cultural Histories
The University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, History Seminar

Date: Wednesday 13 April, 2016
Time: 2:15-4:30pm
Venue: McMahon Ball, Theatre, Old Arts, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Map: maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/venue/macmahon_ball_theatre
Cost: This is a Free Public Event open to all
RSVP: For further information and to RSVP, email bapp@unimelb.edu.au

Please join us for an afternoon of discussion from distinguished prize-winning historians Donna Merwick and Mike McDonnell about cross-cultural history in colonial America.

Donna Merwick, a former member of History at the University of Melbourne, will discuss her most recent book, Stuyvesant Bound: An Essay on Loss Across Time. Recipient of the 2015 Annual Hendricks Award from the New Netherland Institute, her history of the last Director General of New Netherland makes a major contribution to the recovery of the cultural and religious diversity that marked colonial America.

Michael McDonnell, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Sydney, will discuss his most recent book, Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America. He will explore the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America. The paper will chart the story of the Odawa who settled at the straits between those two lakes, a key centre for trade and diplomacy throughout the vast country west of Montreal known as the pays d’en haut.

Program:

  • 2:15pm-3:00pm – Donna Merwick on Stuyvesant Bound: An Essay on Loss Across Time
  • 3:00pm-3:20pm – Afternoon Tea
  • 3:20pm-4:00pm – Mike McDonnell, “Mastering Empires: The Anishinaabeg of Mackinac and the Making of Empire”
  • 4:00pm-4:30pm – Questions and Discussion