Teaching the World with WIRC Webinar
“The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality”
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Time
4-5:15 p.m.
Location
Description
Teaching the World with WIRC is a new webinar series for K-14 educators interested in integrating global perspectives on a central theme in their curriculum. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the theme for 2026-2027 is The World in 1776..
Dr. Pablo Gomez, Professor of History and the History of Medicine, will discuss his latest book "Bloody Numbers: The Early Atlantic Slave and the Invention of the Modern Corporeality."
Dr. Pablo Gomez, Professor of History and the History of Medicine, will discuss his latest book "Bloody Numbers: The Early Atlantic Slave and the Invention of the Modern Corporeality."
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-0616 (voice only) or email SKRIPP@WISC.EDU to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Wednesday, January 13, 2027, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.