1916 and Me
‘1916 and Me/2016 and Us’ is an attempt to uncover what 1916 means today, parsing the motivations which inspire people to commemorate the momentous events of that year.
Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sá – Early Colonial Brazil
In episode 5 of ‘Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898‘, Dr. Vivien Kogut Lessa de Sá (Cambridge) is in conversation with series host Dr Edward Collins on the topic of ‘Early Colonial Brazil, English Piracy, and the Adventures of Anthony Knivet (1591-1599)’.
Allison Bigelow – The Science of Colonial Silver
In episode 4 of ‘Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898‘, Professor Allison Bigelow is in conversation with series host Dr Edward Collins on the topic of ‘The Science of Colonial Silver: Rethinking the History of Mining and Metallurgy in the Early Americas’.
!['Maris Pacifici' by Abraham Ortelius [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.](/assets/Ortelius-Maris-Pacifici_960b.jpg)
Ricardo Padrón – America, the Pacific, and Asia in the Imperial Imagination
In episode 3 of ‘Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898‘, Professor Ricardo Padrón discusses Spanish attempts to represent and conquer the Pacific as part of the greater Spanish imperial imagination in the sixteenth century with series host Dr Edward Collins.
Ellen Dooley: The Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America
Ellen Dooley is the Assistant Curator of Latin American art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In episode 2 of ‘Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: conversations on the history of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898’, Dr Dooley discusses the Spanish Inquisition and the religious image in Spain and America, 1478–1700 with series host Dr Edward Collins.
