Mohammed Ennaji, Directeur, Fondation des Trois Cultures, Séville, Spain formerly of Universite Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco. Title: “Sur la répudiation (divorce) qui montre combien le staut de la femme était lié à l’esclavage”
Prof. Ennaji has published several books on slavery in Muslim societies. Date: Monday, September, 25 2006 Room: History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall, York University Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Livio Sansone, Professor, Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais, Universidade Federal da Bahia Title: "Different Interpretations of Trans-Atlantic Identities" Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 Room: Founders College Senior Common Room (305), York University Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Gary Craig, Professor of Social Justice and Associate Director of the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE), Hull University Title: "Contemporary Slavery: A Perspective from the UK" Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 Room: History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall, York University Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Dr. Olufunke Adeboye, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria and Research Associate, Tubman Centre, Title: " ‘Death is Preferable to Ignominy’: Politically Motivated Suicide, Social Honour and Chieftaincy Politics in Early Colonial Ibadan" Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Place: 305 Founders (Senior Common Room), York University Time: 4:00-6:00 pm Download the Paper
Jordan Goodman, Professor, The Wellcome Trust, London, Title: "Unlikely and Unsung Heroes? Barbadians, Roger Casement and Genocide in the Peruvian Rainforest, 1905-1912" Date: Monday, November 13, 2006 Room: History Common Room, 2140 Vari Hall, York University Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Audra Diptee, Assistant Professor, Carleton University Title: "Slave Trading Realities and the Quest for the ‘Proper Assortment’ of Slaves: The British Slave Trade, 1775-1807" Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 Room: History Common Room, 2140 Vari Hall, York University Time: 4:00-6:00pm
Olatunji Ojo, Syracuse University, Title: "Yoruba Credit and Debt Mechanisms Adjusted, c.1850-1900" Date: Thursday, November 23, 2006 Room: Founders College Senior Common Room (FC305), York University Time: 4:00-6:00pm Downlload the Paper
Carlos Liberato, Title: “African slaves in northern Brazil, 1755-1777” and Julia Leite,
“Analysis of a Brazilian urban landscape: the Poá Creek watershed”. Date: Wednesday (Dec 6) Room: York Lanes, 280 Time: 12:30 to 2:30.