Kellman Presents at History of Science Society meeting

Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Kellman, professor of history, who recently presented his paper “Colonial Botany and the Craft Tradition: Charles Plumier’s Architectural Analysis of Caribbean Flora,” at the History of Science Society annual meeting in New Orleans. Kellman also chaired a session, “Crafting Knowledge in the History of Art,” at the meeting.

Dr. Kellman's research focuses on French scientific travelers and the exploration of the Americas and the Pacific in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. His publications include Creolization in the French Americas, co-edited with Michael Martin and Jean-Marc Masseaut (2016, University of Louisiana Press) and Beyond Center and Periphery: New Currents in the French and Francophone Atlantic World, a special Issue of the journal Atlantic Studies (2013) as well as articles on numerous scientific travelers in Canada, the Caribbean and Louisiana. His current research focuses on the intersection of monastic, scientific, and craft traditions in the seventeenth-century French Caribbean botanical traveler Charles Plumier. Kellman teaches courses in World Civilization, Early Modern French, European and Atlantic World history, and Francophone studies.

The History of Science Society is "the world’s largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in their historical context. Founded in 1924, it is the oldest such society. Through its publications and other activities, the Society provides scholars, decision makers and the public with historical perspectives on science, policy, and the potentials, achievements, and the limitations of basic and applied science."