Dr. Fernanda Bretones Lane spoke with Steven about her article “The Congress of Vienna and the Making of Second Slavery,” which won the 2020 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article. Bretones Lane, who co-authored the article with Guilherme de Paula Costa Santos and Alain El Youssef, also discussed her current Read more…
Award-winning educator, novelist, and historian Suzanne Litrel (scroll down) joined Steven to discuss her research on Dutch Brazil and its place in the Portuguese Atlantic and World History. They also discuss her high school teaching career, her decision to write historical fiction, and the challenges of returning to graduate school as a Read more…
Dr. Elena Schneider, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke with Steven about her award-winning book The Occupation of Havana: War, Trade, and Slavery in the Atlantic World. And our heartiest congratulations to Elena for just learning that The Occupation of Havana won the Read more…