How Change Comes: Knowledge + Justice

“Conquest? Collapse and Rise of Ancien Régime in 16th Century Spanish America and the Role of Paper Archives”

Lecture by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin

How can distinctive, original scholarship encourage the pursuit of justice in society or the academy? Scholars who have made indelible statements in both areas discuss the conditions of their work and how their political and intellectual investments inform each other.

Join historian and author Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra for the inaugural lecture in this new lecture series, which will be of special interest to graduate students who seek to cultivate careers that make a difference in the world as well as their field.











When: Wed., Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:00 pm

“Conquest? Collapse and Rise of Ancien Régime in 16th Century Spanish America and the Role of Paper Archives”

Lecture by Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra

Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History, The University of Texas at Austin

How can distinctive, original scholarship encourage the pursuit of justice in society or the academy? Scholars who have made indelible statements in both areas discuss the conditions of their work and how their political and intellectual investments inform each other.

Join historian and author Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra for the inaugural lecture in this new lecture series, which will be of special interest to graduate students who seek to cultivate careers that make a difference in the world as well as their field.

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