Institute of Commonwealth Studies

School of Advanced Study

University of London

Migrants and Diversity:

Understanding Trends & Traditions

Wednesday 23rd September 2009 from 9.30am to 7.00pm

Rooms ST274/275 and Reception in ST276 Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London

9.30 am Registration & Coffee

9.50 am Welcome Philip Murphy

(Director, Institute of Commonwealth Studies)

9.55 am Introduction Shihan de Silva

(Institute of Commonwealth Studies)

10.00 am Imperial Slave Soldiers: British and French Enlistment of Africans

during the Napoleonic Wars 1795-1815

(Bryan Claxton, Institute of Historical Research)

10.40 am African Migrants in Asia: Displacement and Diversity

(Shihan de Silva, Institute of Commonwealth Studies)

11.20 am Break

11.40 am The colonial response to African slaves in British India –

two contrasting cases

(Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society)

12.20 pm African Settlers on the West Coast of India: The Sidi Elite of Janjira

(Faaeza Jasdanwalla, University of Aberystwyth)

1.00 pm Lunch Break

2.00 pm The Emancipation of Slaves in Traditional Ethiopia

as decreed in the “Fetha Nagast”, or Law of the Kings

(Richard Pankhurst, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)

2.40 pm Diversity and Collaborative Advantage

(Richard Ennals, Kingston University)

3.20 pm Break

3.40 pm Understanding Diversity through Traditional Arts of India

(Saurabh Gupta, London Metropolitan University)

4.20 pm Round Table Discusson:

Parvati Raman (School of Oriental & African Studies)

Hassan Arero (British Museum)

Tajender Sagoo (Pop Samiti)

Leon Wainwright (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Hermione Harris (School of Oriental & African Studies) i

5.00 pm Wine & Cheese Reception

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Registration fee: £5 (payable on the day)