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This afternoon, @UMBCHistory’s Robert K. Webb Lecture is all about Edo. @astanley711 from @NorthwesternU explores the social history of early nineteenth-century Edo (now Tokyo) in the context of global history, focusing on gender, violence, and consumption. #umbchumforum 
In 1800 — the era of Napoleon and revolution and declarations of independence — Edo boasted a population of 1.2 million. In comparison, London had a population of one million, Paris had 550,000, and New York was a tiny outpost of 60,000. Yet Edo is invisible in global history.
Edo is typically referred to as a “culture” in world history textbooks. Kabuki theatre, geisha, and shinto are what typically comes to mind. A culture without a society.
This afternoon in the @UMBCLibrary , we will learn about how visual culture played a crucial role in defining and enforcing slavery for both enslaved and free people in Ancient Rome.
Hope to see you there! #umbchumforum
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Hope to see you there! #umbchumforum
my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dresher…
Trimble: In Ancient Rome, tens of thousands of people were enslaved, but yet we know nothing about them. In order to learn about Ancient Rome, you need to understand slavery.
What people in the Roman world saw informed the way they viewed the world and the people who inhabited: visual markers, written labels, sellers’ deceptions, and buyers’ inspections.
TODAY: "The Fractal Caribbean: The New Literatures of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic" w/ Puerto Rican writer Mayra Santos-Febres. 5:30pm in the @UMBCLibrary
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.@deardelirious is introducing Mayra Santos-Febres, novelist, essayist, and poet from Puerto Rico. A @GuggFellows and recipient of the Juan Rolfo award, Santos-Febres is currently a professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras.
The Fractal Caribbean is nonbinary, although it contains the binary. Try listening to jazz, which contains improvisation, but also a consistent rhythm. Intrustments playing different yet the same rhythm. #umbchumforum
