Department of History
Dr. Linda M. Rupert
Contact Information
Email: lmrupert@uncg.edu
Office: 2106 MHRA
Office Phone: 336-334-3985
Education
Ph.D., History, Duke University, 2006
M.A., History, Duke University, 2002
M.A., Sociology & Historical Studies, New School for Social Research, 1988
B.A., Sociology & Latin American Studies, Brandeis University, 1979
Teaching Experience
Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro, 2006-
Instructor, Duke University, 2004, 2006
Instructor, North Carolina State University, 2005
Research Interests
- Early modern Atlantic and Caribbean
- Colonial Americas
- Comparative slavery & slave societies
- Historical geography & cartography
- Comparative maritime history
Current Project
Creolization and Contraband in the Early Modern Caribbean.
Courses Taught
- HIS 508: The Caribbean: From Conquest to Plantations
- HIS 511C: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
- HIS 710: Atlantic World Colloquium
- HIS 715: The Atlantic Slave Trade
- FMS 151: Map it Out!
Recent Publications
- "Waters of Faith, Currents of Freedom: Gender, Religion, and Ethnicity in Inter-imperial Trade." In Nora Jaffary, ed., Race, Religion, and Gender in the Colonization of the Americas (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate; 2007): 151-64.
- "Contraband Trade and the Shaping of Colonial Societies," Itinerario 30:3 (Nov 2006): 35-54
- “Trading Globally, Speaking Locally: Curaçao’s Sephardim in the Making of a Caribbean Creole.” Jewish Culture and History 7/1-2 (2004): 109-22.
- “Curaçao: ¿Entrepôt neerlandés o puerto caribeño?” In Johanna von Grafenstein, ed., El Golfo Caribe y sus puertos, 1600-1850 Volume 1 (Mexico City: Instituto Mora, 2006): 91-126.
- Roots of our Future: A Commercial History of Curaçao. Curaçao Chamber of Commerce, 1999.
Awards and Honors
- National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (2008)
- Harvard University Research Grant in Atlantic History (2007)
- Catherine Prelinger Award, Coordinating Council for Women in History (2006)
- American Association of University Women American Fellowship (2005)
- J. William Fulbright Foundation Fellowship (2003)
Links of Interest
- Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction (FEEGI)
- Triangle Early American History Seminar (TEAHS)
- Atlantic World Research Network (AWRN)