Quincentennial Scholarship and the Public: Who Controls the Columbian Legacy?

A review of The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy, by Kirkpatrick Sale, Columbus: The Great Adventure, His Life, His Times, and His Voyage, by Paolo Emilio Taviani, The Mysterious History of Columbus: An Exploration of the Man, the Myth, the Legacy, by John Noble Wilford, The Worlds of Christopher Columbus, by William D. Phillips, Jr. and Carla Rahn Phillips, and Columbus, by Felipe Fernande-Armesto

Understanding American Nationalism and White Supremacy through the Legacy of Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus’ landfall in 1492 was a pivotal historical event which set in motion several political, economic and social processes. Despite the horrors and atrocities instigated by his actions, Columbus continues to be celebrated across the world, particularly in the United States. Although there has been a recent rise in critical scholarship on Columbus, his legacy remains an intrinsic part of the construction of American nationalism. I argue that American national identity and the representations of Christopher Columbus are intertwined, as they have sustained each other across time and collectively reinforce colonial tools

The Columbus Monument: A Hermeneutical Analysis

Christopher Columbus, a historically revered European hero to whom the dominant European narrative attributes the discovery of America, but whose image and legacy symbolize silenced genocide of the Indigenous Peoples of America and the Caribbean, has become a controversial figure. This paper explores the symbolic representation of the statue of Christopher Columbus for both sides of the conflict – the Italian Americans who erected it at the Columbus Circle in New York City and in other places on the one hand, and the Indigenous Peoples of America and the Caribbean whose ancestors were slaughtered by the European invaders, on the other. Through the lenses of historical memory and conflict resolution theories, the paper is guided by the hermeneutics – critical interpretation and understanding – of the statue of Christopher Columbus as I experienced it during my research at this site of memory. In addition, the controversies and current debates that its public presence in the heart of Manhattan evokes are critically analyzed. In doing this hermeneutical cum critical analysis, three main questions are explored. 1) How could the statue of Christopher Columbus as a controversial historical monument be interpreted and understood? 2) What do the theories of historical memory tell us about the monument of Christopher Columbus? 3) What lessons can we learn from this controversial historical memory to better prevent or resolve similar conflicts in the future and build a more inclusive, equitable and tolerant New York City and America? The paper concludes with a gaze into the future of New York City as an example of a multicultural, diverse city in America

Addresses to the Knights of Columbus

Addresses delivered to the Louisiana Knights of Columbus between 1938 and 1964 on various subjects, including Catholic values, the importance of Christopher Columbus, and the threat of Communism.https://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/hebert_speeches/1027/thumbnail.jp

The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas

Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Columbus, the first representative of the empire from which they had recently broken free? These are only two of the introductory questions explored in The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, a fundamental recasting of Columbus as an eminently powerful tool in imperial constructs.Bartosik-Velez seeks to explain the meaning of Christopher Columbus throughout the so-called New World, first in the British American colonies and the United States, as well as in Spanish America, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She argues that during the pre- and post-revolutionary periods, New World societies commonly imagined themselves as legitimate and powerful independent political entities by comparing themselves to the classical empires of Greece and Rome. Columbus, who had been construed as a figure of empire for centuries, fit perfectly into that framework. By adopting him as a national symbol, New World nationalists appeal to Old World notions of empire

Andrews, Christopher Columbus (1829 - )

This biographical summary was created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) between 1936 and 1939

The Christopher Columbus Carillon Dedication and Conference: The Image of Columbus in an Evolving American Culture

In observance of the Quincentenary of the Columbus expedition to the New World, Dr. Virginia Puicci, Vice President of Planning and Administration at Governors State led planning and fund raising efforts for the Carillon and an endowment for an annual scholarly symposium. Though fund raising efforts fell short of the goal of an endowment for an annual symposium, The Christopher Columbus Carillon at the Governors State University was dedicated on November 13, 1992 as part of an all-day scholarly conference. The Doctorate of Humane Letters (Honorary Doctorate) degree was conferred upon Alberto Bemporad, who was the commissioner general of the Genoa Exposition in 1992, and Paolo Emilio Taviani, who was named Italian Senator for Life. He has had a distinguished career in both the political world and the academic world. Senator Taviani was a leader in the anti-fascist Partisan movement. In 1947 he was among the founding fathers of the constitution of the new Italian Republic. He subsequently served as Minister of Finance. Minister of Treasury and Minister of Interior. Senator Taviani served as professor of history and economics at the University of Genoa from 1945- 1983. He is the author of a dozen books, including Cristofaro Colombo, la genesi della gran.de Scoperta (1974) and I Viaggi di Colombo (1984) which is published in English as \u27The Voyages of Columbus . The program contains a schedule for the day\u27s events, the Dedication ceremony program, and the following essays: Reflections on 1492 and Christopher Columbus, by Arthur P. Bourgeois, Ph.D., Governors State University The Image of Columbus and the Challenge to History, by Dominic Candeloro, Ph.D. Nursing During the Days of Columbus (1451-1506) by Maria Connolly, DNSc, CCRN The Columbus Legacy by Lowell Culver, Ph.D. Columbus as a Symbol, by Paul Green, Ph.D. On Christopher Columbus and the 500th Anniversary of Encountering the New World, by Edward H. Mazur, Ph.D. The Spirit of Columbus As We Approach the Twenty-First Century, by Sandra Valle-Lazo Whitaker, Ph.D., NCS

Archaeologies of Sound: Reconstructing Louis MacNeice’s Wartime Radio Publics

This article approaches the problem of reconstructing the culturally situated audience experience of radio programming through the example of Louis MacNeice's wartime radio broadcasts, notably "Alexander Nevsky" and "Christopher Columbus". The article draws on audience research reports, internal correspondence, and close analysis of the broadcasts themselves in order to triangulate a listening experience that, though it ultimately cannot be recovered, can be better understood through its proximate cultural traces