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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

Students in the cloisters during the day
Students in 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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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.

Two students walking through the main gate
Two students walking through 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

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

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Materials in Relation: reconnecting objects and histories in the wake of colonialism Thursday 28 October 2021 4.00pm - 5.30pm Via Zoom Thursday 28 October 2021 4.00pm - 5.30pm Via Zoom In this special online event for Black History Month, The Hunterian has invited a group made up of leading scholars, curators and filmmakers to reflect on the ways particular objects and materials reveal complex histories of colonialism. Taking Jimmy Robert’s recent Hunterian exhibition Tobacco Flower as a point of departure, this roundtable event considers Glasgow’s relationship to the slave trade through goods such as cotton, linen, sugar and tobacco. It will also draw out some key ideas from one of the inspirations for Tobacco Flower, the poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant, whose account of a ‘poetics of relation’ centred on Caribbean history offers a new way to understand how objects within a collection such as The Hunterian’s might interact and create meaning. Contributors: Manthia Diawara (Professor of Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies, NYU) and Terri Geis (Visiting Associate Arts Professor, NYU Abu Dhabi) Stephen Mullen (Research Associate in History, University of Glasgow) Sally Tuckett (Senior Lecturer, History of Art, University of Glasgow) Chair: Dominic Paterson (Curator of Contemporary Art, The Hunterian)