Good morning and thank you very much Rinaldi. You know my problem. Transport. Will try my best.
Thank you very much for hosting such wonderful talks. Appreciated Sonia On Mon, 9 Mar, 2026, 10:33 am Rinald D'Souza, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thursday, 12 March 2026 | 6 pm > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ > > <https://substack.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.cK00AQB_lSzFLGnKrIGSaAOdnN48zRemRWfWIsMN0Qg?> > From Goa to Mauritius: French and Portuguese trade and commerce in the > 18th-century Indian Ocean > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=190290595&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=4ur10&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTAyOTA1OTUsImlhdCI6MTc3MzAzMjM2MywiZXhwIjoxNzc1NjI0MzYzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.njdYSANj6iaovH8D8ULXbBhSEPhlBRm6APXT0oJfEkk>Thursday, > 12 March 2026 | 6 pm > > XCHR <https://substack.com/@xchrgoa> > Mar 9 > <https://substack.com/@xchrgoa> > > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=190290595&utm_source=substack&isFreemail=false&submitLike=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTAyOTA1OTUsInJlYWN0aW9uIjoi4p2kIiwiaWF0IjoxNzczMDMyMzYzLCJleHAiOjE3NzU2MjQzNjMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjk3MDEwIiwic3ViIjoicmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Qln4MGDWfo9cA3Cp33fzqYDtxXrxbbYHOjXGuJa584Y&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-reaction&r=4ur10> > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=190290595&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&isFreemail=false&comments=true&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTAyOTA1OTUsImlhdCI6MTc3MzAzMjM2MywiZXhwIjoxNzc1NjI0MzYzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.njdYSANj6iaovH8D8ULXbBhSEPhlBRm6APXT0oJfEkk&r=4ur10&utm_campaign=email-half-magic-comments&action=post-comment&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=190290595&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=4ur10&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTAyOTA1OTUsImlhdCI6MTc3MzAzMjM2MywiZXhwIjoxNzc1NjI0MzYzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.njdYSANj6iaovH8D8ULXbBhSEPhlBRm6APXT0oJfEkk> > > <https://substack.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.oPPWC0BFralv5vEqZXFYBfanT7L_uyAKLDtwgq_Hj6o?&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email> > > READ IN APP > <https://open.substack.com/pub/xchr/p/from-goa-to-mauritius-french-and?utm_source=email&redirect=app-store&utm_campaign=email-read-in-app> > > *HISTORY HOUR*From Goa to Mauritius: > French and Portuguese trade and commerce > in the 18th-century Indian Ocean > > > *Vijayalakshmi Teelock**Historian; Former Professor of History, > University of Mauritius* > > ------------------------------ > > Moderated by > > *Sushila Sawant Mendes**Historian; Former Professor of History, > Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Quepem* > ------------------------------ > > Thursday, *12 March 2026* | 6 pm > Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Porvorim, Goa > ------------------------------ > > Please join us for a History Hour lecture on ‘*From Goa to Mauritius: > French and Portuguese trade and commerce in the 18th-century Indian Ocean*’ > by *Vijayalakshmi Teelock *and moderated by *Sushila Sawant Mendes* on > Thursday*, 12 March 2026* at 6 pm at the Xavier Centre of Historical > Research, Porvorim, Goa. > > Please join us for tea at 5:30 pm. > > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/3972e0d0-626f-485b-be3a-85fb15e75369?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > > DOWNLOAD BROCHURE > <https://substack.com/redirect/daa437c9-09d5-4811-8815-03478f8636fd?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > From Goa to Mauritius: > French and Portuguese trade and commerce > in the 18th-century Indian Ocean > > This lecture presents the early findings of a research project examining > the historical connections between Goa and Mauritius during the eighteenth > century, with particular attention to the role of Goan intermediaries > employed by French merchants and officials. The research begins with an > analysis of private correspondence exchanged between Goans and French > merchants, drawing primarily on the extensive archival collections held at > the Xavier Centre of Historical Research. > > The study seeks to understand how a relatively small island such as > Mauritius developed extensive commercial networks across the Indian Ocean > during the eighteenth century. As an initial point of entry into this > broader question, the research focuses on the Afro-Malagasy slave trade to > Mauritius. Unlike the Atlantic system, Indian Ocean slave trading networks > were closely intertwined with the circulation of a wide range of > commodities, including enslaved peoples. > [image: Mauritius: A Major Centre of Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean © > Le Chantier / SLAFNET] > <https://substack.com/redirect/e5030ecd-3e74-4ca1-ad65-1c098cd241be?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > Mauritius: > A Major Centre of Slave Trading in the Indian Ocean © Le Chantier / SLAFNET > ------------------------------ > > Check our *upcoming programme > <https://substack.com/redirect/debab0bc-96ee-4cc7-bd1d-24a6adef8a6d?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg>* > > > <https://substack.com/redirect/debab0bc-96ee-4cc7-bd1d-24a6adef8a6d?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > Vijayalakshmi Teelock > > Vijayalakshmi Teelock was Associate Professor of History at the University > of Mauritius until 2021, where she founded the Centre for Research on > Slavery and Indenture in 2006. She served as Chairperson of the Aapravasi > Ghat Trust Fund, a parastatal body created to prepare the nomination > dossier for the Aapravasi Ghat’s inscription as a World Heritage Site, > which was achieved in 2006. She was also Vice-Chairperson of the Mauritius > Truth and Justice Commission, a Presidential Commission established to > enquire into and make recommendations on the consequences of slavery and > indenture in Mauritius. She is currently undertaking independent research > on the history of Mauritius and is a Visiting Scholar at the Xavier Centre > of Historical Research, Goa. > ------------------------------ > Sushila Sawant Mendes > > Sushila Sawant Mendes is a historian, whose work focuses on the > intellectual and political history of Goa. She completed her postgraduate > studies in History at the University of Bombay and earned her PhD from Goa > University in 2012. Mendes served for several decades as Professor of > History at the Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem, > where she also headed the Department of History for over thirty years and > earlier served as Vice-Principal. Her research examines nationalism, > liberal thought and the colonial press in Goa. She has published several > research papers and authored the monograph, *Luis de Menezes Bragança: > Nationalism, Secularism and Free Thought in Portuguese Goa* (2014). > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/4983b326-fd96-43b3-9458-134f2201bfa6?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > > <https://substack.com/redirect/abe3744c-362f-4c1e-a12c-f7ea94bae91c?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > ------------------------------ > > *Xavier Centre of Historical Research* > B B Borkar Road, Porvorim, Goa 403521, India > xchr.in > <https://substack.com/redirect/e6626c74-dd50-47e6-a5c8-4606f30c1f65?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > | [email protected] > <https://substack.com/redirect/1d89ad18-4791-41f9-8e35-1fb1fce6adbb?j=eyJ1IjoiNHVyMTAifQ.oN1N98Evrzf5PKbEx9uswLYJiA0TtFo30SGeQYgc6xg> > > ------------------------------ > > Share > <https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2697010&post_id=190290595&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&action=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=4ur10&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo4MTUzMTcyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjoxOTAyOTA1OTUsImlhdCI6MTc3MzAzMjM2MywiZXhwIjoxNzc1NjI0MzYzLCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjY5NzAxMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.njdYSANj6iaovH8D8ULXbBhSEPhlBRm6APXT0oJfEkk> > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAF-C9rd8JA-1cpNuL8wuZuh%3DfN00NmNUfewYU%2BXPaH_UGM%2B2nA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAF-C9rd8JA-1cpNuL8wuZuh%3DfN00NmNUfewYU%2BXPaH_UGM%2B2nA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. 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