Slavery related news and events

An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation
An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation

Postgraduate Un-Conference - Labour and Liberty: The Black Diasporic Experience 14 October 2021

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

The programme and abstract for the unconference.

Prof Olivette Otele
Prof Olivette Otele

James McCune Smith Annual Lecture: Professor Olivette Otele

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 11:37:55 BST

Thursday 14 October 2021 at 7pm

An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation
An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation

New French language Global History of Slavery

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

3pm-4:30pm, 22 September 2021

This image is by Carol M. Highsmith - Library of CongressCatalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719180Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/03700/03703a.tifOriginal url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.03703, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50966130
This image is by Carol M. Highsmith - Library of CongressCatalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010719180Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/03700/03703a.tifOriginal url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.03703, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50966130

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 23:00:00 BST

The Beniba Centre formally honours the memory of the tens of millions of people taken captive, enslaved or forced into bound labour.

An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation
An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation

Liberated Africans and the Study of Slavery: New Directions roundtable 3pm-4:30pm, 22 September 2021

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

How do new studies of abolition, liberation and survival change our understanding of slavery and its legacies?

Drawing of a bung hole borer 1862 University of Glasgow Archives, Mirrlees Watson Co Ltd Archive, UGD202/1939)
Drawing of a bung hole borer 1862 University of Glasgow Archives, Mirrlees Watson Co Ltd Archive, UGD202/1939)

Centre Member Christine Whyte writes about her experience of organising an archive hackathon.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 15:41:00 BST

Check her blog post about exploring the archives to the University of Glasgow Library

Call and response exhibition header

Call and Response: The University of Glasgow and Slavery

From 26 August 2019

Haiti
Haiti

Free online course explores history and legacy of British slavery in the Caribbean

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:00:00 BST

Free online course explores history and legacy of British slavery in the Caribbean

An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation
An aerial shot of the east quadrangle during graduation

Centre Statement on Palestine

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

Centre Statement on Palestine

Archive of news and events from the Centre