Natural History in the Early Americas

Friday, June 8A roundtable discussion, led by Ralph Bauer (Center for New World Comparative Studies Fellow, 1996-97; NEH/Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, 2010-11) and Marcy Norton (Barbara S. Mosbacher Fellow, 1997-98; Alice E. Adams Research Fellow, 2010-11), to complement the JCB exhibition "'Voyage to the Islands': Hans Sloane, Slavery, and Scientific Travel in the Caribbean," curated by James Delbourgo (Paul W. McQuillen Memorial Fellow, 2001-02) (May through August, 2012, and online at: http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/sloane/index.html). Ralph Bauer, Marcy Norton, Antonio Barrera, Pablo Gomez, Julie Kim, Karen Kupperman, Neil Safier, Kelly Wisecup.