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Dr Jennifer Nelson
Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.
My research broadly focuses on the comparative study of nineteenth century Latin American history. I'm interested in identity formation in the African Diaspora and interconnectivity and exchange between Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. My research has led me to examine the British antislavery campaign in its international context, principally in Brazil and Cuba in the nineteenth century.
Publication
2023
- Nelson, J. 2023. Mutiny on the rising sun: A tragic tale of slavery, smuggling and chocolate [Book Review]. Slavery & Abolition 44(2), pp. 411-412. (10.1080/0144039X.2023.2203015)
2017
- Nelson, J. L. 2017. Slavery, race, and conspiracy: the HMS Romney in nineteenth-century Cuba. Atlantic Studies 14(2), pp. 174-195. (10.1080/14788810.2016.1275467)
2016
- Nelson, J. 2016. Rethinking slave rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the insurgencies of 1841-1844 by Aisha K. Finch [Book Review]. International Journal of Cuban Studies 8(1), pp. 117-119. (10.13169/intejcubastud.8.1.0117)
2015
- Nelson, J. 2015. Apprentices of freedom: Atlantic histories of the africanos livres in mid-nineteenth century Rio de Janeiro. Itinerario 39(2), pp. 349-369. (10.1017/S0165115315000509)
Articles
- Nelson, J. 2023. Mutiny on the rising sun: A tragic tale of slavery, smuggling and chocolate [Book Review]. Slavery & Abolition 44(2), pp. 411-412. (10.1080/0144039X.2023.2203015)
- Nelson, J. L. 2017. Slavery, race, and conspiracy: the HMS Romney in nineteenth-century Cuba. Atlantic Studies 14(2), pp. 174-195. (10.1080/14788810.2016.1275467)
- Nelson, J. 2016. Rethinking slave rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the insurgencies of 1841-1844 by Aisha K. Finch [Book Review]. International Journal of Cuban Studies 8(1), pp. 117-119. (10.13169/intejcubastud.8.1.0117)
- Nelson, J. 2015. Apprentices of freedom: Atlantic histories of the africanos livres in mid-nineteenth century Rio de Janeiro. Itinerario 39(2), pp. 349-369. (10.1017/S0165115315000509)
- Nelson, J. L. 2017. Slavery, race, and conspiracy: the HMS Romney in nineteenth-century Cuba. Atlantic Studies 14(2), pp. 174-195. (10.1080/14788810.2016.1275467)
- Nelson, J. 2015. Apprentices of freedom: Atlantic histories of the africanos livres in mid-nineteenth century Rio de Janeiro. Itinerario 39(2), pp. 349-369. (10.1017/S0165115315000509)
Teaching
I teach on a broad range of undergraduate modules, including a final year module that can be studied by students from across the school. I teach history and culture modules with a transnational scope and framework in the first and second year of the Portuguese degree programme. I am also involved in language teaching delivery across the Portuguese degree programme.
Final year students interested in a dissertation topic related to the history and culture of the Portuguese-speaking world are welcome to enquire about supervision.
Biography
I joined the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies Department in Cardiff at the end of 2018. I have previously taught for short periods at Queen's University Belfast, Leeds Beckett University and at the University of Bristol. I received a PhD in Latin American History from the University of Leeds in 2015.
Before starting at Cardiff, I spent some time living in Portugal and I have also lived in Brazil as a student and as a researcher.
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