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New Orleans, Global City (1718 – 2018):

​The Long Shadow of John Law and the Mississippi Company

 

Inaugural Conference of the 18th- and 19th-Century Studies Network

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​Thursday, April 26 – Friday, April 27, 2018

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​University of Colorado Boulder

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This event is sponsored by

The Graduate Committee on the Arts & Humanities ~

The Center for Western Civilization, Policy, & Thought ~

The Department of English ~

The Department of History ~

Special Collections, Archives & Preservation ~

The Center for the Study of Origins ~

The Center for British & Irish Studies ~

 

We gratefully acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Sean Babbs, Anna Marie Parsons, Grant Souders, and Lucile Zellar.

 

We express our warmest thanks to Susan Guinn-Chipman, who curated a wonderful exhibit, and to speakers, session chairs, and members of the Scientific Committee for their kind participation and support.

 

Organizer: Catherine Labio ~

 

Scientific Committee: Marilyn Brown, Matthew Gerber, Kieran Murphy, Teresa Toulouse, Masano Yamashita, Maria Windell, Paul Youngquist ~

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Jean-Pierre Lassus, Veüe et Perspective de la Nouvelle Orleans, 1726, ink and watercolor.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NouvelleOrleans1726LassusA.jpg

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