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The tower and campus from a drone

2025 Annual James McCune Smith Lecture: Professor Marisa Fuentes

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:11:00 GMT

Thursday 13 November 2025

Lost and found
Lost and found

Book launch of Professor Alison Donnell's new book, Lost & Found: An A-Z of Neglected Writers of the Anglophone Caribbean

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 15:12:00 BST

Wednesday 8 October 2025

By Unknown author - Public postcard of the 1930s, CC BY-SA 4.0
By Unknown author - Public postcard of the 1930s, CC BY-SA 4.0

Commodities of Empire: double book launch

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:22:00 BST

Monday 8 September 2025

Peggy Brunache
Peggy Brunache

Dr Brunache wins Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Award 2025 for Best Audio

Thu, 29 May 2025 11:09:00 BST

Listen to the podcast on ‘The Culinary Creativity of the Enslaved’’

An aerial shot of a large group of people forming UofG in the quadrangle
An aerial shot of a large group of people forming UofG in the quadrangle

New Annie Dunlop Postgraduate Scholarship in Scottish Slavery Studies

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:42:00 GMT

A new MSc studentship for students on the MSc/MA Reparatory Justice programme from September 2025

'Roma of Barbados’, a portrait by Jacob Epstein. The Fitzwilliam Museum, https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12400 Accessed: 2024-10-10 08:47:06
'Roma of Barbados’, a portrait by Jacob Epstein. The Fitzwilliam Museum, https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/12400 Accessed: 2024-10-10 08:47:06

2024 Annual James McCune Smith Lecture: Dr Rochelle Rowe

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:11:00 BST

Tuesday 12 November 2024

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Beniba Centre Final brochure 700x300

Check out our new Beniba Centre brochure!

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 07:38:30 BST

Illuminating the past, shaping the future

J M W Turner - the slave ship (originally titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon coming on)
J M W Turner - the slave ship (originally titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying - Typhoon coming on)

How many gone- counting the victims: A talk at the London Museum Docklands

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:45:54 BST

Saturday 21 September 2024

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world changers together 700x300

Two lectureships advertised

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:02:00 BST

Two new members of academic staff are sought to complement and extend the expertise and activities of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies

International Conference Women and Slavery in Africa and America: A Comparative Approach
International Conference Women and Slavery in Africa and America: A Comparative Approach

CfP: International Conference Women and Slavery in Africa and America

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:24:00 GMT

Closing date for papers: 25 March 2024

Reparatory Justice image
Reparatory Justice image

3 scholarships available for the MSc/MA Reparatory Justice programme 2024/25

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:29:00 GMT

The scholarships are a 50% fee waiver

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McCune Smith lecture 2023 700x300

2023 Annual James McCune Smith Lecture: Dr Jonathan Michael Square

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:11:00 BST

Thursday 23 November 2023

The UofG sign in the Hunterian Museum
The UofG sign in the Hunterian Museum

Call for applicants - Teaching Slavery in Schools Programme 2023-2024

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:25:00 BST

Deadline for applications: Friday 27 October 2023

A view of the main building from the library during sunrise
A view of the main building from the library during sunrise

'The End of Slaving Warfare in Europe: a Problem in Global Comparative History’

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:56:00 BST

Wednesday 18 October 2023

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Graham Campbell 700x300

MSc in Reparatory Justice in The Guardian

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:33:26 BST

Read all about the experiences of several students in this first cohort!

a view of the chaplaincy from outside
a view of the chaplaincy from outside

Postgraduate Masterclass by Professor Fred Cooper

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:02:00 BST

Wednesday 25 October 2023, 10am-1pm

Professor Fred Cooper
Professor Fred Cooper

Thyssen Lecture 2023: Professor Fred Cooper

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:57:00 BST

Tuesday 24 October 2023

Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle

Encountering Children of Empire

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 11:15:39 BST

A wonderful collaboration between the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies and the National Trust for Scotland.

the undercroft with light and shadows
the undercroft with light and shadows

Scholarship funding available for the MA/MSc in Reparatory Justice

Sun, 25 Jun 2023 09:18:35 BST

Apply by 24 July 2023!

Malik Al Nasir - book cover
Malik Al Nasir - book cover

Seminar with Malik Al Nasir from the University of Cambridge

Tue, 02 May 2023 10:00:00 BST

Tuesday 9 May 2023

University tower with city in background
University tower with city in background

National Trust for Scotland & Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies Symposium 2023

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:09:00 GMT

Scipio Kennedy: Encountering Children in Empires, Culzean Castle, 14 – 15 September 2023

Lives in slavery: Exploring the slave registers of Suriname and Curacao, 1830-1863 (Symposium)
Lives in slavery: Exploring the slave registers of Suriname and Curacao, 1830-1863 (Symposium)

Lives in slavery: Exploring the slave registers of Suriname and Curacao, 1830-1863

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:52:00 GMT

Symposium on Thursday 16 March 2023

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