The Harriet Tubman Institute, Department of Geography & Department of Equity Studies at York University present: Book Launch – Boomerang Ethics: How Racism Affects us All by Joseph Mensah & Christopher J. Williams on November 15, 2017 at Founders Senior Common Room (305) from 2:30pm – 5:00pm. About the Authors Professor Joseph Mensah is the […]
Dr. Henry B. Lovejoy will present a paper entitled, “Linking Open Historical Data of the African Diaspora: Methods of Database Design and the Language of Metadata Repositories,” on November 2, 2017 at the Harriet Tubman Institute from 2:30 – 4:30. Abstract African diaspora history has a robust series of digital projects that are arguably advancing the […]
Dear Colleagues, Thank you, once again, for supporting the Second International Conference of the Oficina de História-Moçambique (Oct 27-28/2017, Fortaleza de Maputo, Mozambique). As you know the theme for this year’s conference is “Slavery, Slave Trade and the Making of Mozambique”. It has attracted a significant number of Mozambican scholars, graduate students, artists, teachers, writers and researchers […]
Paget Henry and Mali Olatunji will present a paper entitled, “The Making of a Woodist/Jumbie Aesthetic,” on October 12, 2017 at the Harriet Tubman Institute from 2:30 – 4:30. Abstract Mali Olatunji, photographer and aesthetician, is the creative inspiration behind an original breakthrough in visual arts of Antigua and Barbuda, and also the wider Caribbean. This […]
The Sensorium Augmented Reality Lab and Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas present the Young Inventors Augmented Reality Weekend Workshop for high school students (aged 16-18). The workshop is supported by Fulbright Canada’s Community Leadership Project. Through innovative activities and programs students will, 1. Spend mornings delving into the rich histories […]
Join us on Thursday, September 28, 2017 as Drs. Annie Bunting and Joel Quirk launch their edited collection entitled, Contemporary Slavery: Popular Rhetoric and Political Practice at the Solarium Falconer Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Refreshments will be served.
Kevin Edmonds will present a paper entitled, “From Green Gold to Ganja: The Enduring Legacy of the Plantation Economy in the Eastern Caribbean,” on September 21, 2017 at the Harriet Tubman Institute from 2:30 – 4:00. Abstract This talk will focus on the economic dynamics, which have contributed to the explosive growth in the Eastern Caribbean […]
Slavery Old and New is a joint research initiative which examines the legal conceptualization of labour exploitation. Through an interdisciplinary, transnational and historical methodology, this project draws on a variety of disciplines, spaces in time, and places around the world, to explore law’s understanding of “labour exploitation” and its relationship to society and practices. On […]
2nd Annual International Conference of the Oficina de História-Mozambique. “Slavery, Slave Trade and the Making of Mozambique” Fortaleza de Maputo October 27-28, 2017. The Oficina de História-Mozambique is organizing its second annual international conference in collaboration with the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas, York University; the National Archives of Mozambique; the Center for Research in […]
