H-Slavery Interview with Dr. Robert Elder
Dr. Robert Elder is an Assistant Professor of History at Baylor University. His research focuses on the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the American South in the 19th century.
Dr. Robert Elder is an Assistant Professor of History at Baylor University. His research focuses on the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the American South in the 19th century.
Julia Carroll is a PhD Candidate in Boston University’s American & New England Studies Program (AMNESP). She studies histories of the Atlantic world, specifically intersections of religion, race, and the physical landscape. Her dissertation explores eighteenth-century proslavery evangelical itinerants, including George Whitefield and his Calvinist-Methodist transatlantic network, and their influence on public policy and notions of race.
To begin, tell me a bit about yourself and your scholarly work.
Silke Hackenesch is an associate professor at the Institute for North American History at the University of Cologne. She specializes in 20th century Childhood and Adoption Studies, African American History, Commodity History, and Black Diaspora Studies.
This is the second of a two-part interview with Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo of Howard University.
H-Slavery is delighted to launch this new series of interviews with our subscribers, with much appreciation for Matthew Dawdy of Iowa State University for organizing it. The series aims to highlight the diversity of our field of study and to discuss topics related to teaching, research, and public engagement. Matt's first interview in the series, with Dr.