Tag "Black Atlantic"
By Editor September 15, 2026

30th OI Annual Conference

We are now accepting proposals for the 30th OI Annual Conference, to be held at Howard University, June 17-19, 2027. You can read more and submit your proposals via the link below. Diasporas, Dreams, and Dominions in Vast Early America The 30th Omohundro Institute Annual Conference will take place in Washington, DC, and be hosted by the History Department… Read More

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By Editor May 15, 2025

OI Author Conversation with Mary Hicks

Join Mary Hicks (University of Chicago), author of Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery (OI with partner UNC Press), in conversation with James Sweet (University of Wisconsin, Madison) online on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at NOON Eastern Time. REGISTER HERE Mary Hicks is an historian of the Black Atlantic at… Read More

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