Participant Info
- First Name
- Aubrey
- Last Name
- Lauersdorf
- Country
- United States
- State
- AL Alabama
- ael0095@auburn.edu
- Affiliation
- Auburn University
- Website URL
- https://cla.auburn.edu/history/people/faculty/faculty/aubrey-lauersdorf/
- Keywords
- Native South, Early America, Spanish Florida, Expeditions
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Aubrey Lauersdorf is an Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University. She is a historian of early North America, specializing in the Native South. Her research interests include Indigenous politics and diplomacy, Indigenous-settler relations, expeditions, captivity, and women and gender.
Her book project, “Apalachee Coast: Indigenous Power in the Colonial Gulf South,” examines how the Apalachees, an Indigenous polity in the modern-day Florida panhandle, leveraged their relationships with the Spaniards and Indigenous neighbors to dominate the Gulf South in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Dr. Lauersdorf received her PhD in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a member of the prestigious Royster Society of Fellows. She has presented her research at conferences and workshops across the United States and abroad.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- Atlantic, North America, United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- Pre-17th century, 17th century, 18th century
- Expertise by Topic
- American Founding Era, Colonialism, Diplomacy, Gender, Indigenous Peoples, Local & Regional, Rebellion & Revolution, Women
