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Laura Mitchell , Professor of History
Capetown: Tavern of Two Seas
From the days of its founding as a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company, Cape Town has absorbed and reconfigured influences from both Atlantic and Indian Ocean cultures, building a cosmopolitan city on African soil and exhibiting incredible diversity long before there were conversations about globalization. The context of the Mother City’s 350-years of colonial history helps to make sense of highly charged issues debated in today’s pubs, including Apartheid-era violence, education, AIDS, and how to host the FIFA (soccer) World Cup in 2010.
Laura Mitchell teaches African and World History at UCI. She earned a Ph.D. in African history from UCLA, a master’s degree in US Foreign Policy at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service, and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. Her research explores the many facets of human relationships with the environment and includes work on land tenure, slavery, and household formation. Her first book, Belongings: Property, Family and Identity in Colonial South Africa, an Exploration of Frontiers 1725 - c. 1830, is forthcoming from Columbia University Press.
Future Lectures:
Mark LeVine , Professor of History
Tel Aviv--Winter, 2008
Vinayak Chaturvedi , Professor of History
Bombay--Spring, 2008
Timothy Tackett, Professor of History
Paris--Spring, 2008
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