An indigenous man living in the Brazilian city of Manaus is struck by a fever and the sensation that he is being hunted by an invisible beast. A Colombian drug lord uses the labor exploitation methods of rubber plantations and builds a replica of the mansion of the American TV show Dynasty in the[...]
The Amazon lab reading group meets twice a month to discuss readings from a variety of fields and disciplines that deal with the Amazon and related topics. The group is led by graduate students but is open to everyone. Please rsvp to Gustavo Furtado, gpf@duke.edu to receive the pdfs. Next meeting: Friday, October 22 at[...]
The Amazon lab reading group meets twice a month to discuss readings from a variety of fields and disciplines that deal with the Amazon and related topics. The group is led by graduate students but is open to everyone. Next meeting: Friday, November 12 at 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM The reading group is meeting[...]
This workshop, especially designed for graduate students but open to everyone, will discuss strategies for successful dissertation and book projects that use comparative and interdisciplinary methods. We will use Amanda Smith’s own book, Mapping the Amazon: Literary Geography After the Rubber Boom (2021), as a springboard for our discussion. RSVP is required in advance and participants will[...]