NCID-1294
Westenley Alcenat
Visiting Scholar
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About
Wes Alcenat is a PhD candidate in history at Columbia University in New York City, a visiting PhD student at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History (WIGH) at Harvard University, and a visiting scholar at MIT. His research interest is in comparative U.S and Caribbean history with a strong focus on the shared histories of the African diaspora and nations in the Atlantic Basin.
Current Work
Wes is currently working on his dissertation, The Elusive Quest: Black Emigration to Haiti and the Struggle for Full Citizenship in a White Republic, 1815-1865, which explores the experience and radicalism of the African-American settlers who emigrated to Haiti in the nineteenth century. His studies focus on how this migration movement influenced African-American and Haitian political thought and the transnational struggle for Black citizenship before and during the American Civil War.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Atlantic and African Diaspora