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The Columbian Exchange: Global Impacts of European Colonization with Teofilo Ruiz
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Teo F. Ruiz, PhD is a Cuban-American medieval historian and a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama. He is the author of 15 books.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.
Interesting to learn how historians are rethinking positions as they
/we move to better ways to review our past.
Dr. ruiz showed me a NEW way to look at the "discovery of the "New World". (not as "discovery" but as a place that was an old culture ! I spent a summer in Mexico - 1954 and I am truly in love with the history and culture.
Having enjoyed so much my encounters with this history a very long time ago at Texas University Dr. Ruiz re-aquainted me with what has been a part of history that I am fascinated with!
This was my 4th virtual seminar with Professor Teo and a very clear and thoughtful survey of the complicated consequences of European encounters with the “New World.”. Authoritative without any hint of absolutism. Highly recommended.
Full of interesting information and connections among different topics. I always learn from Dr. Ruiz.
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