The Common Wind: A Symposium on the Influence of Julius S. Scott's Writing and Teaching

Join us on Saturday, February 29, for a gathering in celebration of the influence and legacy of Julius S. Scott (Ph.D.'86 History) on the field of Atlantic history. As a doctoral student in the History Department at Duke University in the 1980s, Scott wrote a dissertation called "The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of Revolution," which reshaped the field through its study of the circulation of ideas and information in the Greater Caribbean and beyond during the era of the Haitian Revolution. As a faculty member in the department from 1988 to 1994, he worked with a remarkable cohort of graduate students who have in turn expanded and transformed the field of Atlantic history.

A group of those students, along with Scott, will return to Duke on February 29 to speak about their collective work, their influences on one another, and the future of the field.

REGISTER ON THE SYMPOSIUM WEBSITE:
gradschool.duke.edu/commonwind