European Capitalism, Second Slavery and Demographic Implications through the Lens of the Tunisian Majba (Tax) Census, 1855-1800, presented by Professor Ismael Montana, Department of History.

Ismael Montana is a professor of history in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He holds a Ph.D. (2007) in history from York University (Canada) with a specialization in slavery in Ottoman Tunisia and the western Mediterranean rim. He is the author of "The Abolition of Slavery in Ottoman Tunisia" (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013) and co-editor of "Slavery, Islam, and Diaspora" (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2009). Professor Montana serves as the assistant department chair in the Department of History, the managing editor of the Journal of Global Slavery and is a past president of the West Africa Research Association (WARA), a nonprofit academic organization that promotes research on West Africa and its diaspora while facilitating exchanges between West African scholars and their counterparts in the U.S. and worldwide.

Cosponsored by the Department of History. This event is open to everyone.