Proposed Panel for SECOLAS 2020, Austin, Texas, March 5-7
Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS)
Panel title: “The Columbian Exchange: Latin America’s Gifts of Foods, Tastes, and Pleasures to the
World”
Chair and commentator: Micheal Tarver, Arkansas State Archive
First presenter and paper title: Angela Lee, Weston High School
Second presenter and paper title:
Third presenter and paper title: James D. Henderson, Coastal Carolina University, “’All the Fruits, Plants
and Grains Produced by the Earth,’: The New World’s Botanical Gifts to the Old”
Panel abstract:
This panel explores the Columbian Exchange in terms of Latin America’s importance to world
culture at the levels of botany, the culinary arts, and . . . . .
Biographical notes on contributors:
James Henderson is a past-President of SECOLAS who has published extensively in the areas of Colombian and Latin American history. He is presently writing a book-length study of Latin America in the making of the modern world.
Contact information on panelists:
James D. Henderson, Email henderj@coastal.edu Cell phone: (843) 457-2288. Mailing address:
3719 Indigo Run
Conway, South Carolina 29526