Crossroads Research Centre

Follow us for the latest on our @ERC_Research funded #Transpacific Project, Crossroads Journal @BrillPublishing, podcasts and lecture series! 🌊🌍🌿🗺📝💊

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Nicely written feature in Horizon Magazine @HorizonMagEU on our #Transpacific project. Enjoy the read!

[Horizon Magazine @HorizonMagEU]

#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4E#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4E#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4E#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4E#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4E#EUfunded researchers are rediscovering voyages that changed trade, medicine and culture across the Pacific.
How is #EUfunded research bringing shipwreck secrets back to the surface? ➡️ https://t.co/ZlkHK3R2MV

#ResearchImpactEU #Science4EU

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Our next lecture series talk features Ricardo Castellón on Asia-Central America connections in the 18th c, examining the trade of “efectos de China,” & how the Reino de Guatemala was a key connector in the colonial global system. Join us on Jan 30 at 3PM! https://t.co/Kfgks4irbF

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@SicMexico It presents products that made their way from Asia to Mexico and discussing their social and economic impact as well as the role of religion.

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New video out🎥: The Manila Galleon Trade Beyond Silver & Silks explores the transpacific network (1565–1815), revealing diverse actors, commodities, and ports. Available on KU Leuven RDR. https://t.co/N7IFgveoe1

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It features a discussion between Roberto Junco Sánchez & Angela Schottenhammer through the Museo Nacional del Virreinato, Tepotzotlán, and the Museo Histórico de Acapulco, Fuerte de San Diego @SicMexico
https://t.co/LHtSI3DwIg

[RUTTER ERC Project @ErcRutter]

In early modern #navigation, theory met practice at #sea. Cosmographers had the models, but #pilots had the skills—and they almost always won.
Read the finale of Pilots Always Win by @JMMorenoMadrid at https://t.co/jIv2qIphPO
@ciuhct @ERC_Research

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We're hosting a hybrid event next Thursday, July 31st, as a follow up to @jaswlaw's PhD defense, featuring case studies from @SchottenhammerA,@Roncypo and @KristofLoockx. For more details and to register, check out https://t.co/zGlnWTzoaH.
Looking forward to seeing you there!🌊

[Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea @Maritime1400]

Counting down to the publication of 2 fantastic new books this summer:
Nautical Rutters & New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 - out 6/8/25
Practices & Narratives of Early Modern Piracy - out 22/9/25
Pre-order them now!
https://t.co/ZoWxydja2T

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🙏 Special thanks to the European Research Council @ERC_Research for their generous support to make this project possible as part of their HORIZON 2020 funding program.

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Sincere thanks to Bobby Orillaneda & the wonderful National Museum of the Philippines for supporting our TRANSPACIFIC Manila Galleon documentary. Jose Casabán & Kimura Jun represented our team on-site. Filming in Cebu, Manila, along with Saipan, Rota & Leuven—publication in 2026!

[National Museum of the Philippines @natmuseumph]

Last 2-16 June, the NMP participated in a documentary on the Manila Galleons, part of the research project 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂 by noted historian Dr. Angela Schotenhammer.

READ MORE: https://t.co/GrdgdFJhqS

#NationalMuseumPH

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📝 A smaller documentation, recorded in Mexico with Dr. Roberto Junco in Tepotzotlán and Acapulco, is also in preparation.
👉 See: https://t.co/X9rULd556z

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We’re happy to welcome Stefanie Gänger from Heidelberg University for a talk on "Fever: Global Histories of (a) Disease, 1760–1830" across the French, Iberian, and British empires. Feel free to join us👇
🗓️ June 27, 2025 | 14:00 CET | Online (MS Teams)
🔗 https://t.co/SrEpZhIxpG

[RUTTER ERC Project @ErcRutter]

The final workshop of the RUTTER project has begun: two and a half days not to present the project, but to share knowledge and engage in discussions with colleagues and friends at the #AcademiadaCiências de Lisboa.
More photos: https://t.co/B9ePIQnune

[CIUHCT @ciuhct]

✴️22 a 24 de Maio
✔️Workshop Final do Projeto RUTTER
📍Academia das Ciências de Lisboa

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You can still apply for this position until March 17!

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📣CFA: @EMHLeuven We are offering a fully-funded PhD position for the project "Globalisation and the Spread of Disease in Early Modern Maritime (South-)East Asia," with a focus on Taiwan and Dutch Batavia. Apply by Feb 28: https://t.co/eCfkKorc48.

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📣CFA: @EMHLeuven We are offering a fully-funded PhD position for the project "Globalisation and the Spread of Disease in Early Modern Maritime (South-)East Asia," with a focus on Taiwan and Dutch Batavia. Apply by Feb 28: https://t.co/eCfkKorc48.

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This fall, we will feature two talks in our #Transpacific lecture series, with speakers Cuauhtémoc Villamar and Lynette Russell. Check out the dates 📅and details below, along with the Teams links to join 👉https://t.co/uLkSDJbrqW

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Hello all, we are happy to have YAN Niping @UM_1981 for our next #Transpacific lecture. She will talk about the making of the famous Boxer Codex (1590s) and the layers of geographic knowledge contained within. See you on📅Sept 27 at 15:00 CET via Teams. 👉https://t.co/AAqzA5DvP9

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@SchottenhammerA has shared with us her latest research on the role of cacao in #Transpacific exchange at @elcolmex. Check out her recent publication, a series of articles on cacao🫘and chocolate 🍫, and how they came to Asia. https://t.co/ItY4z3sWTk