Explores the life and scientific work of Carl Sartorius (1796–1872), a German émigré who transformed his Veracruz plantation, Hacienda Mirador, into a center of nineteenth-century transatlantic scientific exchange. Between Mirador and Washington: Carl Sartorius and His Collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Nov 28, 2025 Andreas Markus Schurr
Examines the sources of knowledge about the Comanches available to John Meusebach when he sought to make a treaty with them. Gaining Knowledge about the Comanches: Meusebach’s Path Towards a Notable Treaty Apr 18, 2024 Abigail Escobedo and Simon Herbert
Call for Papers: Workshop, May 18–19, 2020, Berkeley, California. Deadline: January 15, 2019. CFP: Change in Motion: Environment, Migration, and Mobilities Dec 9, 2019
The author interrogates a mid-nineteenth-century map for German emigrants, using it as a way to talk about the central concept behind this blog, "migrant knowledge". An 1853 Map for German-Speaking Emigrants Jan 30, 2022 Mark R. Stoneman