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Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
9th of June, 2009.
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Slavery in All its Forms: Historical Practices and Contemporary Problems

A Three-Day Intensive Course for Postgraduate Students and Practitioners

21-23 September 2009

Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation,
University of Hull, Oriel Chambers, 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, UK


SCHOLARSHIPS FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

Building upon a grant from the Ferens Educational Trust, the Wilberforce 
Institute is offering ten Ferens travel bursaries to help postgraduate scholars 
attend the course. These bursaries are open to students currently enrolled in 
either masters or PhD programmes. Successful applicants will receive a train 
ticket covering their travel to and from Hull (within the UK), four nights 
accommodation, and an exemption from course fees. To apply for a bursary, 
students must submit a completed application form, a current curriculum vitae, 
and a personal statement outlining how the course relates to their research (500 
words). These materials should be submitted via email to [log in to unmask] by the 
19th of June 2009. The bursaries will be awarded by mid July. Unsuccessful 
applicants are likely to be offered a place on the course, but will have to 
register at the concessionary rate of £150.

The application form for the course can be found at www.hull.ac.uk/wise.


INTRODUCTION

Slavery is both a core feature of human history and a topic of increasing public 
concern in the contemporary world. This intensive short course offers 
participants a unique opportunity to study both historical slave systems and 
modern forms of slavery in a single setting. This interdisciplinary programme 
has been designed for scholars and practitioners who are familiar which some 
aspects of slavery and abolition, but would benefit from further engagement with 
the broader history and modern dimensions of slavery in all its forms.

To help support postgraduate students, the Wilberforce Institute has also 
secured funding for ten travel bursaries, which cover UK travel, accommodation 
and course fees. In addition, WISE is able to support applications from 
businesses in Yorkshire and Humber for up to 60 per cent of the costs of 
training through the Train to Gain Enhancement Fund. The fund is led by a 
partnership of colleges using money from the Learning and Skills Council's 
European Social Fund and Yorkshire Forward to help employees working in the 
region to gain new skills and qualifications.

The course will also precede a major international conference on 'Slavery, 
Migration and Contemporary Bondage in Africa', to take place between the 23-25 
September, also at the Wilberforce Institute. Participants may want to consider 
attending both course and conference.


COURSE STRUCTURE

This intensive course will take place over three days. Over the course of ten 
individual sessions, participants will receive expert instruction on various 
historical slave systems, the legal abolition of slavery, modern forms of 
slavery, methods for studying slavery, reparations for slavery, and forms of 
public commemoration. As part of this programme, participants will also 
undertake a guided tour of Wilberforce House, one of the world's oldest museums 
dedicated to the history of slavery and abolition.

Participants will be provided with a selection of readings on each of the topics 
covered in the course. Each session will involve an introductory lecture, 
followed by class participation and deliberation. Places on the course are 
strictly limited. No more than 50 places will be made available. In order to 
keep class sizes as small as possible, participants will be divided into two 
different groups. Each morning and afternoon will involve two parallel sessions, 
with one group attending one session, and a second group attending the other. At 
the end of these initial sessions the two groups will then switch, ensuring that 
participants receive instruction in both topics. On the final day of the course, 
participants will also have the choice of studying either historical or 
contemporary research methods.


PROGRAMME


Monday, 21 September

Morning

* Introduction: Slavery: Past and Present (Joel Quirk, Wilberforce Institute and 
Darshan Vigneswaran, Forced Migration Studies Programme, WITS)

Afternoon

* Transatlantic Slavery (Simon D. Smith, Wilberforce Institute)

* Slavery in Africa (Paul Lovejoy, the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on 
the Global Migrations of African Peoples, York University)


Tuesday, 22 September

Morning

* The Legal Abolition of Slavery (David Richardson, Wilberforce Institute)

* Bonded Labour (Joel Quirk and Gary Craig, Wilberforce Institute)

Afternoon

* Human Trafficking and the Exploitation of Migrants (Mick Wilkinson, 
Wilberforce Institute)

* 'Classical' Slavery and Descent Based Discrimination (Benedetta Rossi, Centre 
for the Study of International Slavery, University of Liverpool)


Wednesday, 23 September

Early Morning

*    Research Methods and Contemporary Migration (Darshan Vigneswaran)

OR

* Research Methods and the History of Slavery (Douglas Hamilton)

Midday

* Repairing Historical Wrongs: Slavery and its Legacies (Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, 
Department of Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University)

* Representing Slavery at Wilberforce House (Nicholas J. Evans and Douglas 
Hamilton, Wilberforce Institute)


INSTRUCTORS

Dr Benedetta Rossi is an expert on slavery and migration in Niger, and is the 
recent author of Reconfiguring Slavery: West African Trajectories (Liverpool, 
2009).

Dr Darshan Vigneswaran is an expert on migration in Africa, and is the recent 
author of articles in Political Geography, Development and Review of 
International Studies.

Professor David Richardson is a world renowned expert on the history of 
Transatlantic Slavery, and is the recent co-author of Extending the Frontiers: 
Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database (Yale, 2008).

Dr Douglas Hamilton is an expert on history of the eighteenth century British 
Atlantic World, and is the recent co-author of Representing Slavery: Art, 
Artefacts and Archives in the collections of the National Maritime Museum (Lund 
Humphries, 2007).

Professor Gary Craig is an expert on social justice and modern slavery, and is 
the recent author of Child Slavery Worldwide (Special Issue of Children and 
Society, 2008).

Dr Joel Quirk is an expert on links between historical slave systems and 
contemporary problems, and is the recent author of Unfinished Business: A 
Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery (UNESCO, 2008).

Dr Mick Wilkinson is an expert on migration and human trafficking in the United 
Kingdom, and is the recent co-author of Contemporary Slavery in the United 
Kingdom (Joseph Rowntree, 2007).

Dr Nicholas J. Evans is an expert on migration, diasporas, and 'white' slavery, 
and is the recent author of articles in the International Journal of Maritime 
History, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, and Journal of Jewish 
Culture and History.




Professor Paul Lovejoy is a world renowned expert on the history of slavery in 
Africa and African diasporas, and is the recent author of Slavery, Commerce and 
Production in West Africa: Slave Society in the Sokoto Caliphate (Africa World 
Press, 2005).

Professor Rhoda Howard-Hassmann is a world renowned expert on international 
human rights, and is the recent author of Reparations to Africa (Pennsylvania, 
2008).

Professor Simon D. Smith is an expert on both the history of transatlantic 
slavery and the history of the Caribbean, and is the recent author of Slavery, 
Family, and Gentry Capitalism in the British Atlantic: the World of the 
Lascelles, 1648-1834 (Cambridge, 2006).


APPLICATION PROCEDURES

The course is open to applicants who have:

i) an undergraduate degree, and
ii) experience working with, or on issues related to, historical and/or modern 
slavery.

The Wilberforce Institute encourages applications from postgraduate students, 
interested public servants, human rights activists, researchers and policy 
makers in international organisations, independent scholars, and those working 
in the heritage sector.

The application form can be downloaded from the Wilberforce Institute website at 
http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise. Applicants should also submit a current curriculum 
vitae. Every effort has been made to keep course fees low. The standard fee for 
the course is £250. The concessionary rate for postgraduate students is £150. 
These fees include a daily lunch, tea, coffee and drinks. All applications will 
be reviewed by a selection committee.

The final deadline for applications is the 28th of August 2009. Since places on 
the course are strictly limited, applicants are encouraged to apply by the end 
of July in order to ensure a place. Completed applications should be submitted 
via email to [log in to unmask]


CONTACT INFORMATION

Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of 
Hull,
Oriel Chambers , 27 High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE, UK
Phone 01482 305176 Fax: 01482 305184 Email: [log in to unmask]

Requests for further information can also be directed to either
Sarah Carter at [log in to unmask] (admin) or Joel Quirk at 
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ABOUT THE WILBERFORCE INSTITUTE

Since its foundation in 2006, the Wilberforce Institute has established itself 
as a leading voice on questions of slavery, both nationally and internationally. 
The Institute seeks to improve knowledge and understanding of both historical 
slave systems and modern forms of slavery, and to inform public policy and 
political activism. Instead of viewing historical and contemporary slavery as 
separate fields of study, the Institute starts with the idea that the history 
and legacies of slavery and abolition can offer an invaluable foundation from 
which to understand and eradicate modern forms of human bondage. This integrated 
approach to past and present is unique. The Wilberforce Institute is the only 
place in the world which can offer specialist expertise on both historical slave 
systems and contemporary problems.