"Le Québec comme Amérique latine. Amérique latine upside down." La fin du colloque en roue libre (je balance pas qui) #cena30

And now, les ors de la république #cena30

Les ors de la monarchie, une dernière fois #cena30

"L'absolu du concept ruine le concept." Emmanuel Désveaux #cena30

These papers really are about movement, more than "position", but how does movement create space? #cena30

"We only learn something from a map when it talks with another map." R. White #cena30

R. White brings back positionality in his discussion #cena30

"We have established a middle ground between historians and anthropologists in this paper." Gilles Havard being very tongue-in-cheek #cena30

Cultural ground at the core of G. Havard & R. De Mallie's presentation. #cena30

"Taking Indian history into account is only meaningful if we understand the distinctive cultural categories of the Indians." Havard #cena30

Looking forward to a discussion between Gilles Havard & Richard White #middleground #cena30

"Look at US expansion not from ocean to ocean but from both coasts toward the interior & up&down rivers" @SFWamPearl #cena30

"I arrived un California from the South, not just the East." @SFWamPearl #cena30

And now @SFWamPearl 's talk #cena30

"Have petitions ever been successful? Coz I've signed so many!" La question qui tue par Marianne Debouzy #cena30

W. Novak thanking T. Sugrue for his overview & analysis of the challenges political history is facing today #cena30

So Huret & Diamond are so "2.0," according to Sugrue, that theirs is a "top up & bottom down" approach of political history! #cena30

"Need to bring both the state & the local back in." T. Sugrue #cena30

Perspectives by T. Sugrue on political history from the bottom up as developed in the 70s. #cena30

"CENA has built the transnational intellectual connections many in the US have been calling for." T. Sugrue #cena30

Obama's rise as the apotheosis of Chicago as a political model? - A. Diamond #cena30

Annick Foucrier opens afternoon session by paying tribute to the CENA for its "intellectual honesty & open-mindedness" #cena30

Creolization could apply to any society in the Americas, creole-ness or creolity more specific to certain areas. #cena30

Need for biological history as environmental history says Pekka Hamalainen to Manuel Covo & Romy Sanchez #cena30 (cc @clarabyrd4)

The Caribbean as a fruitful playground for historians, says Romy Sanchez #cena30

"Recently, the spatial turn in history... Well, 'recently'..." A. Dubé #cena30

Much like State, empires have become de-territorialized and networked." A. Dubé #cena30

"Empire is back" Great paper by Alexandre Dubé #cena30

Playing with scales helps avoiding the essentialization of a region. Romy Sanchez & Manuel Covo #cena30

"Reflection on the Caribbean stemming directly from the inclusion of the CENA in Mondes Américains." Manuel Covo #cena30