A Digital Exhibit by Fordham University Students, Fall 2018

Description

Fourteen students from the Fordham Honors program present their original research and interpretations of twenty-eight objects, artifacts, or commodities that changed Early Modern History. Join us for a tour of Europe and beyond, 1450-1799.

Introduction of Horses in New Spain
The Dutch and Their Fishy Business
The things we did for Nutmeg
The Ming Robe that (sort of) Made it to Canada
Jews, Coffeehouses, and the Enlightenment
Black Drink and Native American Alcohol Use
The Function and Connotation of Swine in the Sixteenth Century
Inoculation and Marginalization: How Smallpox Was Eradicated in Western Europe
A Bitter-Sweet Cure
Unveiling the Enlightenment
Music and Theology: Martin Luther’s “Deutsche Messe”
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Great Disaster to Great Opportunity
Invisible Invaders, Invincible Insects
Klapmuts with Flowering Plants and Auspicious Objects
Peyote and Diabolism in New Spain
Vigée-Lebrun and Female Artists in Enlightenment France
Cloves and African Involvement in the Early Modern Spice Trade
Hoist the Colors High: A Life Under the Jolly Roger
Cacao’s Connection to Christianity and Its Roots as Currency
Chocolate: The International Sensation
The Telescope and Tradition
A Double-Edged Drum: The Power of the Drum from Africa to America
The Portrayal of Black Identity in Casta Painting
People with Crowns Ate Fruits with Crowns: The Royal Pineapple
The Chocolate Cup
Syphilis and Popular (Renaissance) Culture
Khipu in New Spain

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Instructor

Louisa Foroughi
History Department
Fordham University
LForoughi@fordham.edu

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