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PUBLIC LECTURE: Lascars' Lives in the Eighteenth Century Indian Ocean

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A public lecture by Dr Jesse Ransley, Researcher in Archaeology at the University of Southampton and 2013 IAS Short Stay Visitor.

Register: http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/ransley

The labour of Indian Ocean sailors (known by Europeans as ‘lascars’) underpinned transoceanic trade, and the newly-global flow of people, materials and ideas which characterised the eighteenth century. Lascars were among the first people to live truly global lives. Their experiences are central to understanding the earliest structures of colonial trade, migration and labour in the Indian Ocean. Lascars are, however, largely invisible in historical accounts of colonial trade or the development of European colonial power structures in the region. This lecture will explore the material, spatial and institutional engagements shaping lascar lives in the eighteenth century. It will look to illuminate their experiences by drawing together some of these fragments alongside archaeological sources.
Location Gentilli Lecture Theatre, UWA
Contact Institute of Advanced Studies <[email protected]> : 6488 1340
URL http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/ransley
Start Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:00
End Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:00
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Last Updated Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:57
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