Ice and Empire: A Conversation with Hi‘ilei Hobart and Jordan Keagle
Join us for a webinar conversation about the role of ice, food, technology, and profit in the history of Hawai‘i and the American West.
Lectures
Moderated by Mark Padoongpatt, author of Flavors of Empire.
Hiʻilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani Hobart (Kanaka Maoli) is assistant professor of Native and Indigenous studies at Yale University. She’s the author of Cooling the Tropics: Ice, Indigeneity, and Hawaiian Refreshment.
Jordan Keagle is a historian of environment, culture, and consumerism in the United States. He completed a dissertation titled “Freezing Civilities: Ice and the Building of the American West, 1850–1950” at USC.
