Thomas Monaghan (Yale History) “Amami and amami: sugar societies in Japan’s South Seas” (Yale Environmental History Workshop Series)

Event time: 
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
McClellan Hall, Room 101 See map
Old Campus
Event description: 
Thomas Monaghan presents a part of his ongoing research, “Amami and amami: sugar societies in Japan’s South Seas.”
 
Tom Monaghan is a third year PhD student in history. His research examines island societies in Japan, the Ryukyu archipelago, and Taiwan across the early-modern to modern periods, drawing connections between Japan’s sugar history and that of the Atlantic world.
 
This event is part of the Yale Environmental History Fall 2019 Workshop Series.
 
To attend and request a copy of the pre-circulated chapter manuscript, please email environmentalhistory@yale.edu.