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Discussion published by Charles Weller on Monday, January 7, 2019

Revisiting the Question of Pre-Columbian Contact between Mayan and Egyptian Cultures

Dear Colleagues,

New Year greetings. I will be teaching 'Medicine, Science and Technology in World History' this semester. Debates over crosscultural contact and exchange versus independent development are central to the undertaking. Among other historical cases, I plan to raise the question of possible pre-Columbian contact between the Mayan and Egyptian cultures. Along these lines, I've come across the following sources in my brief, limited searches thus far:

Discussion published by Matthew Herbst on Monday, January 7, 2019

Panel on Situating the Environment in World History courses: AHA 2020

Dear Colleagues,

I’m interested in organizing a panel for the AHA 2020 that will explore ways for incorporating the environment in world history courses, particularly in survey courses and in the pre-industrial period, though I am flexible.  If interested, let me know.

Sincerely, Matthew Herbst

mtherbst@ucsd.edu

UC San Diego 

Discussion published by Halimat Somotan on Monday, December 17, 2018

Call for Panelists: “Imagined Settlements and Nationalisms in the Narratives of Daniel Fagunwa,” The 4th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference, Lagos, Nigeria, June 27 – 29, 2019

Call for Panelists

 “Imagined Settlements and Nationalisms in the Narratives of Daniel Fagunwa,”

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