The Hunterian

Director of The Hunterian, Steph Scholten will give an introductory contextualising talk on 'Decolonising The Hunterian' followed by two short case studies.

Curator for Archaeology & World Cultures, Andy Mills will discuss some of the African masterpieces in The Hunterian’s World Cultures collection.

Dr. Lola Sanchez-Jáuregui, William Hunter Curator, will discuss the case of Alexander MacFarlane, merchant and slave owner in Jamaica, and his bequest of astronomical instruments to the University of Glasgow.

A Q&A will follow. Refreshments will be served afterwards in the Hunterian Museum. 

We are live-streaming this event, you can watch and listen to it here. 

Dr Peggy Brunache is a lecturer in the history of Atlantic slavery at the University of Glasgow. Born in Miami to Haitian parents, she trained and worked as an historical archaeologist with a focus on slave plantation studies, the African diaspora and the transatlantic slave trade, working on archaeological projects in Benin, West Africa, Guadeloupe, and various sites in the United States.