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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

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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

Dr Jennifer Leetsch
Dr Jennifer Leetsch

New Beniba Visiting Research Fellow 2022

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 14:11:00 BST

We are delighted to welcome Dr Jennifer Leetsch (University of Bonn) to the Centre for the next four weeks.

Vue de Gracchill dans l'Isle d'Antigoa
Vue de Gracchill dans l'Isle d'Antigoa

2022 Annual James McCune Smith Lecture: Professor Natasha Lightfoot

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:11:00 BST

Thursday 17 November 2022

James McCune Smith
James McCune Smith

Celebration of James McCune Smith’s 209th birthday (April 18, 1813 – November 17, 1865)

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:11:00 BST

The Beniba Centre has created a short film about his medical activism.

The University tower surrounded by the trees of Kelvingrove Park
The University tower surrounded by the trees of Kelvingrove Park

The Economics of Slavery and Unfreedom in Medieval Europe

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:21:00 GMT

A small hybrid symposium on Saturday 26 March 2022

The cloisters with lighting
The cloisters with lighting

Cultural Heritage and Slavery: Perspectives from the Caribbean

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:04:30 GMT

24-26 March 2022

Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the Past and Present
Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the Past and Present

Iberian Worlds and Early Globalization seminar: Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation in the Past and Present

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:45:00 GMT

Thursday 10 March 2022

David Aston's seminar
David Aston's seminar

David Alston will speak on ‘Slaves and Highlanders: Silenced Histories of Scotland and the Caribbean’

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 15:50:02 GMT

1 February 2022 at 5.30pm

new educational resources
new educational resources

New educational resources

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:00:00 GMT

Past experiences and our understanding of racism

Unsweetened Conversations: (bush) Tea Services
Unsweetened Conversations: (bush) Tea Services

Unsweetened Conversations: (bush) Tea Services

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:24:00 GMT

This part artistic performance- part conversation includes Barbadian visual artist Annalee Davis & Dr. Peggy Brunache with Glasgow-based artist Ashanti Harris, and the husband and wife team behind The Artisan Grower, Robert & Michelle Sullivan.

James McCune Smith Scholarships
James McCune Smith Scholarships

James McCune Smith Scholarships

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:02:00 BST

10 Four-year PhD scholarships available to Black British students at the University of Glasgow

The cloisters during the day
The cloisters during the day

Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellowship on the transatlantic trade in enslaved peoples and its consequences

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:15:00 BST

Closing date: 24 November 2021

World Changing Glasgow Conversations
World Changing Glasgow Conversations

Reparative Justice and the role of universities

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:44:00 BST

A World Changing Glasgow conversation: Monday 25 October 2021

Runaways London project. An artwork called East predominant (c) Olivia Twist
Runaways London project. An artwork called East predominant (c) Olivia Twist

Runaways London project officially unveiled

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:00:00 BST

Runaways London is led by literature charity Spread the Word, in partnership with the University of Glasgow and Ink Sweat & Tears Press. It is working with poets and artists to try and tell some of the stories of these freedom-seekers.

Library and Fraser building
Library and Fraser building

James McCune Smith and Glasgow: A Scholar’s Transatlantic Journey, 1821-1837

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:54:37 BST

A biographical essay on Dr James McCune Smith

View of the tree and Bute Hall in the east quadrangle
View of the tree and Bute Hall in the east quadrangle

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

The University tower surrounded by the trees of Kelvingrove Park
The University tower surrounded by the trees of Kelvingrove Park

New French language Global History of Slavery

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

3pm-4:30pm, 22 September 2021

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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.

The main gate
The main gate

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

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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

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