BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6635-232526556501056f54688a367e82d2e3@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20261009T162558Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190128T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190128T120000 SUMMARY:Emerging Scholar Speaker Series (ESSS) - Week 1 DESCRIPTION:\n9:00-9:45 a.m.\n\nNydia I. Pontó\;n-Nigaglioni\n\nPh .D. Candidate\, Anthropology\, Temple University\n\n&ldquo\;Hacienda La Esperanza and the Material Culture of the Enslaved: Consumers\, Traders\ , and Producers&rdquo\;\n\nMy research focuses on the identification and interpretation of the archaeological footprint of the human experience during enslavement in nineteenth century Puerto Rico. Research showed th at enslaved individuals upheld their own cultural identities by becoming active yet highly restricted participants and consumers of the local ma rket economy. While my doctoral dissertation addressed the role of the e nslaved workforce as consumers of mass-produced goods\, research in othe r islands in the Caribbean have addressed the role of the African Diaspo ra and its descendants as producers. Low-fired earthenware utilitarian v essels are one of the few types of material culture that were predominan tly made\, used\, and traded by enslaved laborers and that survive archa eologically. This presentation will provide a summary of my research as well as address how I intend to expand our knowledge on the material cul ture associated with the African Diaspora and its descendants\, particul arly their involvement in the role of pottery production in Puerto Rico. \n\n \;\n\n9:45- 10:30 a.m.\n\nSamuel M. Davis\n\nPh.D. Candidate\, History\, Temple \; University\n\n \;&ldquo\;&lsquo\;But for the purpose of self preservation:&rsquo\; Colonization and legal disability in the Old Northwest&rdquo\;\n\nThe Old Northwest represented the natio n&rsquo\;s first foray into antislavery expansion. The growth of Black a nd Native removal schemes throughout Ohio\, Indiana\, and Illinois was i ndicative of how local citizens sought to make safe and prosperous commu nities. These twin colonization projects functioned as nation building t ools that endeavored to create racially homogenous states. This research explores the connections between racialized legal disability and coloni zationist efforts to remove free blacks and Native Americans. Legal disa bility emboldened colonization ideology and provided cover for its rheto ric of benevolence. Colonizationist rhetoric often described free blacks and Native Americans as dangerous and degraded people that threatened t he safety of states in the Old Northwest. Legal disability reinforced co lonizationist goals and served as evidence for its benevolence.\n\n  \;\n\n10:30-11:15 a.m.\n\nMyisha S. Eatmon\n\nPh.D. Candidate\, History\ , Northwestern University\n\n&ldquo\;Litigants and Liaisons: Black Litig ation Strategies and Black Legal Networking in the Face of Jim Crow Viol ence&rdquo\;\n\nThis talk will argue that African Americans used tort la w&mdash\;a form of civil law&mdash\;rather than criminal law\, and legal principles like comportment and vulnerability to seek recourse for whit e-on-black violence under Jim Crow. By seeking recourse for such violenc e\, through damages claims under tort law\, black plaintiffs asserted th at black lives\, black bodies\, and black experiences had value. Additio nally the talk will examine the ways that the NAACP helped connect black victims to local branches\, local lawyers\, and other organizations in order to help them gain access to civil courts. Though the NAACP was foc used on its &ldquo\;test cases\,&rdquo\; it also served as a legal netwo rking agent in the age of Jim Crow.\n\n \;\n\n11:15-12:00 p.m.\n\nLe igh Soares\n\nPh.D. Candidate\, History\, Northwestern University\n\n&ld quo\;&lsquo\;To manage our own seminary of learning&rsquo\;: \n\nBlack L eadership and Negotiations for Public Higher Education in the South\, 18 75-1900&rdquo\;\n\nIn the first two decades after the Civil War\, black educators and officeholders pushed state governments across the South to establish ten public institutions for black higher learning. State-supp orted black colleges expanded the reach of higher education to rural Afr ican Americans\, allowing black administrators to retain limited influen ce over public policy and providing a training ground for future leaders . This presentation illuminates some of the strategies black politicians and educators used to claim public funds and recognition in an era of v ulnerable freedoms. It argues they were savvy pragmatists\, working unde r constrained circumstances to hold the state accountable to black citiz ens. The talk draws on research from my dissertation\, Higher Ambitions for Freedom\, which uses public black colleges as a lens to view the his tory of public black leadership and political engagement in the New Sout h. \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/emerging_ scholar_speaker_series_esss_-_week_1_6911/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

9:00-9:45 a. m.

Nydia I. Pontón-Nigaglioni

Ph.D. Candid ate, Anthropology, Temple University

“Hacienda La Esperan za and the Material Culture of the Enslaved: Consumers, Traders, and Pro ducers”

My research focuses on the identification and in terpretation of the archaeological footprint of the human experience dur ing enslavement in nineteenth century Puerto Rico. Research showed that enslaved individuals upheld their own cultural identities by becoming ac tive yet highly restricted participants and consumers of the local marke t economy. While my doctoral dissertation addressed the role of the ensl aved workforce as consumers of mass-produced goods, research in other is lands in the Caribbean have addressed the role of the African Diaspora a nd its descendants as producers. Low-fired earthenware utilitarian vesse ls are one of the few types of material culture that were predominantly made, used, and traded by enslaved laborers and that survive archaeologi cally. This presentation will provide a summary of my research as well a s address how I intend to expand our knowledge on the material culture a ssociated with the African Diaspora and its descendants, particularly th eir involvement in the role of pottery production in Puerto Rico.

 

9:45- 10:30 a.m.

Samuel M. Davis

Ph.D. Candidate, History, Temple  University

 “ ‘But for the purpose of self preservation:’ Colonization and legal disability in the Old Northwest”

The Old Northwes t represented the nation’s first foray into antislavery expansion. The growth of Black and Native removal schemes throughout Ohio, Indiana , and Illinois was indicative of how local citizens sought to make safe and prosperous communities. These twin colonization projects functioned as nation building tools that endeavored to create racially homogenous s tates. This research explores the connections between racialized legal d isability and colonizationist efforts to remove free blacks and Native A mericans. Legal disability emboldened colonization ideology and provided cover for its rhetoric of benevolence. Colonizationist rhetoric often d escribed free blacks and Native Americans as dangerous and degraded peop le that threatened the safety of states in the Old Northwest. Legal disa bility reinforced colonizationist goals and served as evidence for its b enevolence.

 

10:30-11:15 a.m.

Myisha S . Eatmon

Ph.D. Candidate, History, Northwestern University

“Litigants and Liaisons: Black Litigation Strategies and Bla ck Legal Networking in the Face of Jim Crow Violence”

Th is talk will argue that African Americans used tort law—a form of civil law—rather than criminal law, and legal principles like comp ortment and vulnerability to seek recourse for white-on-black violence u nder Jim Crow. By seeking recourse for such violence, through damages cl aims under tort law, black plaintiffs asserted that black lives, black b odies, and black experiences had value. Additionally the talk will exami ne the ways that the NAACP helped connect black victims to local branche s, local lawyers, and other organizations in order to help them gain acc ess to civil courts. Though the NAACP was focused on its “test cas es,” it also served as a legal networking agent in the age of Jim Crow.

 

11:15-12:00 p.m.

Leigh Soares

Ph.D. Candidate, History, Northwestern University

&ldq uo;‘To manage our own seminary of learning’:

B lack Leadership and Negotiations for Public Higher Education in the Sout h, 1875-1900”

In the first two decades after the Civil W ar, black educators and officeholders pushed state governments across th e South to establish ten public institutions for black higher learning. State-supported black colleges expanded the reach of higher education to rural African Americans, allowing black administrators to retain limite d influence over public policy and providing a training ground for futur e leaders. This presentation illuminates some of the strategies black po liticians and educators used to claim public funds and recognition in an era of vulnerable freedoms. It argues they were savvy pragmatists, work ing under constrained circumstances to hold the state accountable to bla ck citizens. The talk draws on research from my dissertation, Higher Ambitions for Freedom, which uses public black colleges as a lens to view the history of public black leadership and political engagement in the New South. 

For more details: http s://events.la.psu.edu/event/emerging_scholar_speaker_series_esss_-_week_ 1_6911/

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