José C. Curto
| Degrees: | 1996 Ph.
D. University of California, Los Angeles 1983 M. A. University of California, Los Angeles 1981 B. A. (Honours) Concordia University, Montreal |
| Current Position: | Associate Professor, Dept. of History (Arts), York University.
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| Recent Publications: | Africa and the Americas: Interconnections during the Slave Trade. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005. [edited with Renée Soulodre-La France] [with Renée Soulodre-La France] “Introduction: Interconnections between Africa and the Americas during the Era of the Slave Trade,” in José C. Curto and Renée Soulodre-La France, eds., Africa and the Americas: Interconnections during the Slave Trade. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2005, pp. 1-11. “Resistência à Escravidão na África: O Caso dos Escravos Fugitivos Recapturados em Angola, 1846-1876,” Afro-Ásia 33 (2005), 67-86. “Struggling Against Enslavement: José Manuel in Benguela, 1816-1820,” Canadian Journal of African Studies 39: 1 (2005), 96-122. Enslaving Spirits: The Portuguese
Brazilian Alcohol Trade at Luanda and its Hinterland, c. 1550
1830. Leiden and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2004. [with Paul E. Lovejoy] “Introduction: Enslaving Connections and the Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil during the Era of Slavery,” in José C. Curto and Paul E Lovejoy, eds., Enslaving Connections: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil during the Era of Slavery. Amherst, NY: Humanity Books, 2004, pp. 11-18. “The Story of Nbena, 1817-1820: Unlawful Enslavement and the Concept of 'Original Freedom' in Angola,” in Paul E. Lovejoy and David V. Trotman, eds. Trans-Atlantic Dimensions of Ethnicity in the African Diaspora. London: Continuum, 2003, pp. 43-64. Álcool e Escravos: O comércio luso-brasileiro do álcool em Mpinda, Luanda e Benguela durante o tráfico atlântico de escravos (c. 1480 1830) e o seu impacto nas sociedades da África Central Ocidental. Lisbon: Editora Vulgata, 2002.
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| Courses taught recently: | GS/HIST
6001 Directed Readings: Western Africa during the Era
of the Atlantic Slave Trade |
| Research Interests: | Historical
Demography of Angola, 18th & 19th centuries; Atlantic Slave
Trade; Angola Slaves in Brazil |
| Awards/Grants: | 2004-2005
YORK UNIVERSITY, Faculty of Arts, (Leave) Fellowship. |


