Joan DeJean is Trustee Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. This interview is based on her new book, Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast (Basic Books, 2022). JF: What led you...
Cameron B. Strang is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Nevada-Reno. This interview is based on his recently released book Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850 (Omohundro Institute/University of North Carolina Press,...
Kathleen DuVal is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina. This interview is based on her new book, Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution (Random House, 2015) JF: What led you to write Independence Lost? KD: Colonial American history...
