2015 Year-End Update
June 23, 2015

Dear friends and supporters of the CSSJ,

 
As the 2014-2015 academic year comes to a close, we sincerely thank you all for your continued support of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. We've had a full and exciting year, including the dedication and opening of our own building on campus. Our programming has expanded considerably, as we have hosted over 70 events on campus and beyond. The Center has also supported faculty fellows and faculty associates in this first year in our new space.

We want to take a moment to share some 2014-2015 highlights with you and let you know what we have planned for the academic year ahead. Again, thank you so much for participating in our mission and your continued support. Have a wonderful summer.

All our thanks,

Anthony Bogues, Director
Roquinaldo Ferreira, Associate Director
Shana Weinberg, Center Manager
Ruth Clark, Outreach & Program Coordinator

2014-2015 Highlights

Please visit http://www.brown.edu/initiatives/slavery-and-justice/events to see a full archive with photos and video recordings of each event.

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Exhibitions

In the news:

‘A memorial is also about things to do’
B. Anthony Bogues, professor of Africana studies and inaugural director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, addressed more than 300 University guests at the dedication of the Slavery Memorial.

Dedicated: Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Faculty, students, alumni, staff, and President Emerita Ruth Simmons gathered Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, to dedicate the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and visit its new home at 94 Waterman Street.

It’s All About Education: The Arts, Education, and Transformation
Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz said, “Art does not solve problems, but makes us aware of their existence.” It can also inspire emotion that galvanizes us to act, to change our lives, the lives of others, and perhaps even the world. This is the ultimate goal of String Theory, a multimedia performance presented at Brown University’s Department of Africana Studies’ Rites and Reason Theatre. 

What Ivy League ties to slavery teach about redemption
Soon, some of the nation’s brightest students will learn whether or not they have been accepted for early admission at the country’s most elite universities. Few of these young people, however, are aware of how many of these hallowed institutions of higher learning have troubling aspects to their storied history, including Harvard, Yale, and Brown: Each has ties to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

A Providence Slavery Center in Old Episcopal Cathedral
Rhode Island’s Episcopal Church is about to unveil plans for a museum and teaching center dedicated to the slave trade. The state has a long and difficult history of involvement  in slavery.

Call for papers: Free and Unfree Workers in Atlantic and Indian Ocean Port Cities
We invite historians working on free and unfree workers in port cities to send in proposals for a workshop on May 6-7, 2016 at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Coming up this fall:

September 2015

• Raymond Oliver Wolfe, former Jamaican Ambassador to the U.N.
  "The International Remembering of Atlantic Slavery"

October 2015

• Professor Craig A. Landy
• Professor Sylviane A. Diouf
• Trafficking Opening Event & Series organized by Prof. Elena Shih

November 2015

• Slavery & Modernity Conference
• Professor Marissa Moorman, Indiana University

December 2015

• Professor Greg Childs