Encomendero

coffee

Caribbean

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series...

I grew a handlebar moustache over the summer. Until I get an acceptance letter I will let it grow longer and longer. Moustache wax is keeping it from getting too crazy...

corn

I understand that unless you are working on Brazil as a primary field, learning Portuguese comes later in the academic career. As long as your Spanish is usable there shouldnt be an issue. In the colonial field, programs expect that you will have little to no knowledge of Quechua or Nahuatl when you start...

Vladimir

Mexico

hood

hearing

system

I forgot to mention I applied to Ohio State, Penn State, Houston, Florida International, and New Mexico. I am working on slavery too. Mostly indian slavery on the Spanish Main.

I see a lot of US and Europeanists here. Is anyone out there a Latin Americanist? If so, what do you study and where did you apply? I do early colonial borderlands and the Indigenous...

26 in Fall 2010

Westminster

I have been hearing things of late. The Fellowship applicants have been sent out and each field has made a list of their remaining prospects. The final decisions should be made next week or so. However, the Fellowship deadline is Feb 20 so it might be longer for those not in that category.

Emory admit applied with a strong interest in transnational Early Modern.