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...
Gulf Coast
The Author’s Corner with Cameron Strang
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,...
The Author’s Corner with Kathleen DuVal
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...