Webinars
A discussion of Erin Rowe's “After Death Her Face Turned White: Blackness, Whiteness, and Sanctity in the Early Modern Hispanic World.”
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
9:15 AM Eastern / 8:15 AM Central / 6:15 AM Pacific
Join hosts Mary Dunn and Tuan Hoang for a discussion of Erin Rowe’s paper “After Death Her Face Turned White: Blackness, Whiteness, and Sanctity in the Early Modern Hispanic World.”
Download the full paper here (PDF).
Attendance is free, but registration is required.
Agenda and Discussion Questions
Note: All times Central
8:15-8:30 CT: Welcome and Introductions
8:30-9:35 CT: Discussion of Erin Rowe, “After Death Her Face Turned White: Blackness, Whiteness, and Sanctity in the Early Modern Hispanic World,” American Historical Review 121, no. 3 (June 2016): 727-754.
Please consider the following questions for discussion:
1. The historiography of global Catholicism is one in which missionaries are often given pride of place. What other kinds of actors and agencies does Rowe illuminate here? What kinds of possibilities might we pursue in telling the story of global Catholicism otherwise, beyond the template of the missionary narrative?
2. In the background of the hagiographies Rowe examines are the contexts of European imperialism and the transatlantic slave trade. To what extent is global Catholicism entangled with the dynamics of empire, slavery, and other inequalities of power? To what extent must research on global Catholicism grapple with these historical facts? Are there ways of imagining a future for research on global Catholicism that pursues other avenues of analysis, too?
3. What are the features of the “global Catholicism” traced by Rowe’s article? Does Rowe’s version of global Catholicism map onto yours? Why or why not? Are there other features we should consider in drawing the boundaries of global Catholicism?
9:35-9:45 CT: Concluding thoughts and next steps
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