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Dominican History

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Dominican History is the study of the historical development, cultural evolution, and significant events of the Dominican Republic and its people, encompassing pre-Columbian times, colonial influences, independence movements, and contemporary socio-political dynamics.
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Dominican History is the study of the historical development, cultural evolution, and significant events of the Dominican Republic and its people, encompassing pre-Columbian times, colonial influences, independence movements, and contemporary socio-political dynamics.

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1. How did racial dynamics and international perceptions shape Protestant missionary activity and racial identity in early 20th-century Dominican Republic?

This research area investigates the intersection of race, religion, and international influence through the lens of North Atlantic Protestant missions in the Dominican Republic pre-U.S. occupation (1905–1911). It explores how racial ideologies motivated missionary strategies and contributed to shifting global perceptions of Dominican racial identity from 'black' to racially ambiguous 'Latin.' Understanding these religious and racial dynamics sheds light on broader Caribbean racial politics, post-emancipation identity formations, and transnational missionary networks.

Key finding: British and American Protestant missionaries' writings between 1905 and 1911 reveal efforts to transform Dominican racial identity internationally by recharacterizing the Dominican Republic from a 'black' country into a... Read more

2. What was the role of Dominican community agency and guardians in shaping and sustaining education during the U.S. military occupation (1916-1924)?

This theme centers on educational developments during the U.S. military occupation of the Dominican Republic, emphasizing grassroots participation by Dominican guardians (parents and caretakers) in the establishment, maintenance, and operational shaping of local schools. It challenges dominant historiography that credits U.S. and Dominican officials alone by highlighting bottom-up agency that ensured the continuity and expansion of education despite financial crises, thus contributing to understandings of social resilience and civil society formation in occupation contexts.

Key finding: Through archival sources from the Dominican Department of Public Instruction, this study shows that Dominican guardians were pivotal actors who constructed and maintained most schools opened during the occupation and... Read more

3. How have Haitian intellectuals and literature critically engaged with Dominican-Haitian relations, genocidal violence, and identity from 1937 to the contemporary era?

This research area focuses on Haitian literary and intellectual responses to critical historical moments shared with the Dominican Republic, particularly the 1937 Parsley Massacre and subsequent racial-nationalist policies. It addresses themes of genocidal ideology, class struggle, postcolonial identity, and intersectionality, exploring how Haitian authors use literature to critique colonial legacies, confront ongoing racialized exclusion, and advocate for healing and justice within broader Caribbean and transnational frameworks.

Key finding: Tracing Haitian writers from Jacques Roumain's 1937 denunciation of Trujillo's massacre to Edwidge Danticat's 'The Farming of Bones' and beyond, this work documents a progression from Marxist class-based analyses of... Read more
Key finding: Derby and Turits' research challenges misconceptions about the 1937 massacre, demonstrating it targeted predominantly Dominican-born victims of Haitian descent living in integrated border communities with shared socioeconomic... Read more

4. How did ethnic Japanese migrants navigate and influence the Dominican Republic's pigmentocracy and national identity in the mid-20th century?

This research examines the placement and self-perception of ethnic Japanese in the Dominican Republic's hierarchical pigmentocracy—a system privileging whiteness and lighter skin—within historical and geopolitical contexts aiming to 'whiten' or 'de-Haitianize' the population. It also explores ethnic Japanese attitudes toward other minority groups, revealing assimilation to dominant racial discourses and complex exclusionary dynamics that affect ethnic inclusivity and alliance-building in Latin American racial orders.

Key finding: Analysis of historical records and interviews reveals that ethnic Japanese migrants, settled in the Dominican Republic's borderlands during the 1950s as part of state whitening strategies, positioned themselves near whiteness... Read more

5. How have colonial and postcolonial historical narratives and material culture been contested and interpreted through archival discoveries and commemorations in the Dominican Republic?

This theme investigates the politics of history, memory, and identity through material and archival evidence related to colonial figures and legacies in the Dominican Republic, focusing on contested claims such as the 1877 discovery of Christopher Columbus's remains. It engages with how archaeological finds, religious ritualization, political contestation, and cross-national debates contribute to nation-building processes, cultural heritage politics, and the shaping or contesting of historical narratives in postcolonial Caribbean contexts.

Key finding: The 1877 exhumation of remains in Santo Domingo cathedral, proclaimed as those of Christopher Columbus despite prior transfer to Havana in 1796, sparked multinational controversy that entwined religious ritual, national... Read more

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The chapter delves into a probe of the religious history of the Duchy of Opava. The 17th century brought extensive confessional changes in the Bohemian lands. The contribution highlights archival sources that can help to better understand... more
The remains of the Dominican convent buildings in Åhus have in many respects been the most anonymous ruin within the former medieval town. Only a badly weathered brick wall in the Munken block, southeast of the market square, bears... more
JAKOB OLRIK Jakob Baden Olrik, født 1881, var dansk statsborger og katolsk praest. Han var jurist, konvertit og havde studeret teologi i Paderborn og Innsbruck, hvor han blev praesteviet. Det var i årene for første verdenskrig,... more
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Through the words of the English “Jesuitess” Mary Ward (1585-1645) and of her supporters and opponents, the article reconstructs a moment in the history of early modern religious reformations as a phenomenon that does not close but... more
The first part of this book tells the story of the generational journey of the Victoria family from their Sephardic origins in Spain, their passage through Bordeaux, France, and their journey through the colonial Caribbean, to their... more
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This essay analyzes the complex dimensions of anti-Haitian sentiment and state policies in the Dominican Republic, addressing the central question: How does coloniality sustain anti-Haitianism across socio-cultural, politico-legal, and... more
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