This conference will no doubt cover the stories of Africans being taken to Asia, the consequences, etc, also about European, Asian and Arab traders (traffickers). Our knowledge will be increased, but WISE must consider other areas of study also. They are an institute for the study of slavery and emancipation, and so it is necessary that Africa and Africans are not always singled out as victims for study. Emancipation (abolition) is a big topic, and should not only be focused on that continent. The study of emancipation in the Americas is an interesting one, but studying the subject as it relates to Africa and India is no different.
WISE is doing a good job, and is in a position to do better.
Arthur
> Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 08:13:59 +0100
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> Subject: Call for Papers: 'Bridging Two Oceans: Slavery in Indian and Atlantic Worlds'
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>
> CALL FOR PAPERS: /Bridging Two Oceans: Slavery in Indian and Atlantic
> Worlds, Cape Town, South Africa, 19-22 November 2009./
>
> An International Conference organised by the Wilberforce Institute for the
> study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull, UK.
>
> Taking place in the Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town, South Africa, in
> November 2009, this conference will coincide with the arrival of the
> Clipper Round the World Yacht Race 2009-10 in Cape Town harbour.
> Mirroring its aims to broaden knowledge and understanding and promote
> tolerance through teamwork, new relationships and the sharing and
> development of skills, the conference seeks to encourage researchers to
> open a conversation on the subject of slavery in the worlds of the Indian
> and Atlantic oceans. The four-day conference, which will bring together
> early career researchers and leading world scholars, will be
> interdisciplinary in nature and chronologically diverse, in order to
> encourage a fruitful cross-fertilization of ideas, sources and methods.
> The histories of slavery and the slave trade in the Atlantic and the
> Indian Oceans have been the focus of a substantial body of research; this
> conference aims to unite the perspectives of researchers in these parallel
> fields to promote a culture of exchange and cooperation in the innovative
> context of Twin Ocean Slavery. Crucially, there will be opportunities for
> postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, educators and museum
> professionals to interact with prominent academics from across the world:
> confirmed speakers for the conference include Edward Alpers; Gwyn
> Campbell; David Eltis; Paul Lovejoy; John Oldfield; Nigel Penn and David
> Richardson.
>
> The Twin Ocean theme will be the focus of this four-day event, but the
> first two days of the conference will be reserved exclusively for early
> career researchers and interested professionals, from whom we seek to
> encourage papers that examine past and present connections between the
> Indian and Atlantic worlds. Perspectives on the subject of Twin Ocean
> Slavery could incorporate aspects of memory, conservation and museology,
> the teaching of slavery, material cultures of slavery, economic and
> political aspects of the slave trade in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans,
> historical and contemporary abolitionist and anti-slavery activism,
> African and Indian diasporas and movements between oceans, and
> reparations in the context of Twin Ocean Slavery.
>
> Interested individuals are therefore invited to submit proposals along the
> following lines:
>
> · Museology, material culture and representations
>
> · Political economies: historical and contemporary slavery
>
> · Anti-slavery and personal testimonies, past and present
>
> · Migration and diasporic connections
>
> · Reparation and legacies of slavery
>
> · Perspectives on the teaching of historical and contemporary
> slavery
>
> We also invite proposals for short, innovative audiovisual presentations
> (of around 5-10 minutes) from virtual delegates who may not be able to
> attend the workshop in person. These presentations could focus, for
> example, on material or artistic representations of slavery in the
> Atlantic or Indian Oceans, diasporas, local museums, exhibitions or
> community projects, personal testimonies, oceanic crossings or legacies of
> slavery.
>
> Attendance at the conference is free, including drinks and lunch on all
> four days, the conference dinner, and local transport within Cape Town.
> Additional funding is being sought, and we hope to provide a limited
> number of bursaries for the travel and hotel accommodation of early career
> researchers from African and Indian universities, but as yet flights and
> accommodation cannot be guaranteed.
>
> Please send your abstract of 300 words together with a short curriculum
> vitae and email contact to Kate Hodgson
> <mailto:K.J.Hodgson%40hull.ac.uk>[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:<mailto:K.J.Hodgson%40hull.ac.uk>[log in to unmask]> or Judith
> Spicksley
> <mailto:J.Spicksley%40hull.ac.uk>[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:<mailto:J.Spicksley%40hull.ac.uk>[log in to unmask]>, by 15th
> June
> 2009. Those hoping to be considered for bursaries should indicate this on
> their proposal. Successful participants will be notified by email on 1st
> July 2009. Please note that the conference will be open to the general
> public, and the language of the conference will be English.
>
> Information about the Wilberforce Institute can be found at
> <http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/>http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise/ and about the
> venue at
> <http://www.iziko.org.za/slavelodge/.>http://www.iziko.org.za/slavelodge/.
> Further details, if required, will
> be provided on request.
>
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