Virtual Exhibit Launch
During an inaugural PhD Summer Internship in the Humanities at the newly founded Race and Regency Lab, Constanza Robles (HAA) curated a virtual exhibit, Visualizing Property, which centers on a 1772 manuscript plan of Belvidere plantation in Jamaica, home to hundreds of enslaved people (c.1600–18333). The exhibit showcases different objects –maps, ceramics, prints, and documents– to contextualize the map within British imperial history while exploring their role as instruments of power and racial categorization. Pictured left, Professor Patricia Matthew (Montclair State), Constanza Robles, and Professor Joseph Rezek (AMNESP/EN) celebrated the official public launch of the Race and Regency Lab on Friday, September 13.