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

Call for papers: Postgraduate Un-Conference - Labour and Liberty: The Black Diasporic Experience 14-15 October 2021

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

**DEADLINE EXTENDED to 30 June 2021**

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

10 June 2021. In conversation 'Wake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts'.

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:08:00 BST

HistFest presents Centre Director Dr. Peggy Brunache and Dr. Rebecca Hall in conversation about Hall’s book-- Wake: The Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts.

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

2 June 2021. Keynote Address, "Of Comfort and Contestation: Black Women Subverting the Caribbean Plantation Economy"

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:08:00 BST

Centre Director, Dr Peggy Brunache will deliver the keynote address at the University of Glasgow College of Arts Postgraduate Conference Metamorphosis: Transformations across Time, Culture, and Identity.

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

30 May 2021: ESBAA Workshop

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:08:00 BST

Centre Director, Dr Peggy Brunache will participate in this workshop at at the Post-Medieval Archaeology Congress 2021.

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

Jelmer Vos will give a seminar paper on Thursday 20 May 2021.

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:08:00 BST

Dr Vos will share some of his latest research on the history of forced labour in Angola.

Centre launch
Centre launch

Launch of Scotland's first research centre for slavery studies

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 14:30:00 BST

Tuesday 27 October 2020

resistance and revolution in the British Caribbean
resistance and revolution in the British Caribbean

Resistance and revolution in the British Caribbean

Wed, 07 Apr 2021 11:33:50 BST

Saturday 10 April 2021

Inaugural Annual Public Lecture in Global Gender History
Inaugural Annual Public Lecture in Global Gender History

First Annual Public Lecture in Global Gender History

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 14:20:00 GMT

Friday 21 May 2021

'Ghosts' walking tour
'Ghosts' walking tour

'Ghosts' walking tour through Merchant City

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:24:00 GMT

'Ghosts' is a new augmented reality app taking participants on a walking tour through Merchant City with the 'ghost' of an 18th Century enslaved fugitive.

Zoë Wicomb seminar
Zoë Wicomb seminar

Creative conversation with Prof Zoë Wicomb

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 09:18:09 GMT

Wednesday 17 March 2021

IWD2021
IWD2021

International Women's Day 2021

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:30:09 GMT

In honour of International Women’s Day and the IWD 2021 theme, #ChoosetoChallenge, we spotlight four women.

Alex Gil
Alex Gil

Talk by Alex Gil (Columbia University)

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:53:00 GMT

Postcolonial Translation, Digital Editing, Aimé Césaire, and Our Collective Notebook

Black In Archaeology Week 700x300
Black In Archaeology Week 700x300

#BlackInArchaeologyWeek

Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:29:00 GMT

A celebration of the past, present and future of Black archaeologists around the world.

Our children to learn the truth about Scotland's role in slave trade
Our children to learn the truth about Scotland's role in slave trade

It's time for our children to learn the truth about Scotland's role in slave trade

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 12:57:00 GMT

Great contribution from Peggy Brunache and Stephen Mullen

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Tile-KelvinHall02

Job vacancy: Lecturer in Transatlantic Slavery

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 15:42:00 BST

Closing date: 17 September 2020

Black History Month 2020
Black History Month 2020

Black History month 2020

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 10:56:20 BST

An exciting programme of events throughout October at the University of Glasgow

Aerial view of the main building
Aerial view of the main building

Public Lecture: Professor Tony Bogues

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:06:00 GMT

Thursday 23 January 2020

McCune Smith lecture Oct 2020
McCune Smith lecture Oct 2020

James McCune Smith Memorial Lecture

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:27:04 BST

Thursday 29 October 2020

Anton Muscatelli
Anton Muscatelli

Insight Talk - Adam Smith and Slavery

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:45:00 GMT

Tuesday 28 January 2020

the undercroft in light and shadows
the undercroft in light and shadows

Digital Humanities Workshop

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:59:00 BST

19 March 2019

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

Kaiama Glover Public Lecture

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:58:00 BST

19 March 2019

3 students in kelvingrove park with the Uni tower in the background
3 students in kelvingrove park with the Uni tower in the background

‌SlaveryResearch @Glasgow

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 09:54:00 BST

Oct-Dec 2018

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

Annual James McCune Smith Lecture 2018

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:05:00 BST

19 October 2018

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

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.

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

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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