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ISOS
Institute for the Study of Slavery

ISOS events

 

About our events

The Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS) organise a range of events including guest lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and international conferences exploring historical and modern slavery, and forced labour, alongside related issues such as systemic and systematic racism endured by African Diaspora.

 

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Recent and Upcoming Events

Families, Friends, Selves: Approaches to Black-Led Research

Date
27 October 2022 (12:30-14:00)
Location:
A19 (Committee Room), Trent Building
Description
Consider how we write with grace and care about ourselves and the people we love in our research.

Private Revolutions and Reinventions: Becoming 'Free' and the Perils of Freedom in Jamaica, 1756

Private Revolutions and Reinventions: Becoming 'Free' and the Perils of Freedom in Jamaica, 1756
Date
25 November 2020 (18:00-19:00)
Location:
Online
Description
A virtual talk with Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty on her research into the lives of the enslaved and their routes to freedom in Jamaica, 1756.

What is the 'Black Student Experience'? An Open Conversation

What is the 'Black Student Experience'? An Open Conversation
Date
22 October 2020 (16:00-18:00)
Location:
Online
Description
A virtual panel discussion on the experiences of Black students in UK universities as part of Black History Month and wider discussions on the topic.

ISOS Panel Discussion: Experiences of Black Academics in the UK's Higher Education System

ISOS Panel Discussion: Experiences of Black Academics in the UK's Higher Education System
Date
10 September 2020 (14:00-16:00)
Location:
Online
Description
A virtual panel discussion on the experiences of black academics in the UK Higher Education sector hosted by the Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS).

ISOS Panel Discussion: Experiences of Black Academics in the UK's Higher Education System

ISOS Panel Discussion: Experiences of Black Academics in the UK's Higher Education System
Date
10 September 2020 (14:00-16:00)
Location:
Online
Description
A virtual panel discussion on the experiences of black academics in the UK Higher Education sector hosted by the Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS).

Postgraduate open day 2017

Date
29 November 2017 (12:00-16:30)
Location:
Trent Building, University Park
Description
Find out more about our courses, meet staff and students, look at funding options, tour our fantastic facilities and campus!

BAME Community History and Representing Heritage

BAME Community History and Representing Heritage
Date
7 June 2016 (10:00-16:00)
Location:
New Art Exchange
Description
This free day event aims to bring together Midlands-based Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community groups to share their historical research and to discuss with academics and heritage representatives how heritage venues might better present BAME histories

ISOS Annual Public Lecture 2015

Date
11 February 2015 (17:30-19:00)
Description
The ISOS Annual Lecture will be delivered by Prof Robin Law, Emeritus Professor of African History (University of Stirling) on 'Provisioning the slave trade: the supply of corn on the seventeenth-century Gold Coast'.

Date
26 November 2014 (11:00-17:00)
Description
Learn more about our extensive range of masters and research courses available in the Faculty of Arts

Slave trade legacies – the global cotton connections of the Derwent Valley mills

Slave trade legacies – the global cotton connections of the Derwent Valley mills
Date
31 October 2014 (17:15-18:15)
Description
Dr Susanne Seymour, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Slavery, looks to the Midlands to discuss the legacy of the slave trade.
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