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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Brewing a Revolution: How Coffee Transformed the Early United States
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, February 11\, 2026\n\nCoffee is among the most common goods traded and consumed worldwide\, and so omnipresent its popularity is often taken for granted. But even everyday habits have a history. When and why coffee became part of North American daily life is at the center of the recently published book\, Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States\, by Michelle Craig McDonald. Using a wide range of archival\, quantitative\, and material evidence\, McDonald follows coffee from the slavery-based plantations of the Caribbean and South America\, through the balance sheets of Atlantic world merchants\, into the coffeehouses\, stores\, and homes of colonial North Americans\, and ultimately to the growing import/export businesses of the early nineteenth-century United States that rebranded this exotic good as an American staple. The result is a sweeping history that explores how coffee shaped the lives of enslaved laborers and farmers\, merchants and retailers\, consumers and advertisers.
UID:143507-21893308@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143507
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:United States At 250,american culture,american history,Culture,Discussion,Free,History
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library
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DTSTAMP:20260209T115514
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260211T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Distinguished University Professorship Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost\, this event features three Distinguished University Professors speaking on their professional and scholarly experiences. Each concise lecture will be followed by a brief Q & A.\n\n“Weave Patterns and Projective Geometry” by Sergey Fomin (Richard P. Stanley Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts).\n\n“Battery Middle Life Crisis and Decisions” by Anna Stefanopoulou (Huei Peng Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering\, William Clay Ford Professor of Technology\, Professor of Mechanical Engineering\, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, College of Engineering).\n\n“Rebels\, Repressors\, Regular Folk and Me: A 30 Year Reflection of the last 75 years (in 20 Minutes)” by Christian Davenport (Charles Tilly Distinguished University Professor of Political Science\, Professor of Political Science and Department of AfroAmerican and African Studies\, College of Literature\, Science\, and the Arts Professor of Public Policy\, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy).
UID:143337-21892923@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143337
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Reception,AEM Featured,african and afroamerican studies,dup,lecture
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Rogel Ballroom | Second Floor
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