Jessica Marie Johnson, Anjali Arondekar and Tatiana Seijas to discuss decolonizing history this Thursday: For slavery studies, engagements with the geopolitical have robustly shifted the angles through which the field might begin to imagine collusions, collaborations and conversations with regions of the world. Historians, in particular, have contributed to our understanding of the forces at … Continue reading EVENT: March 29th – Arondekar, Johnson, and Seijas on Decolonizing History
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BLOGROLL: Mount on Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago – @AAIHS
Guy Emerson Mount writes: "After a week in Lawrence County, Mississippi, however, I might be closer to that beginning. I might be ready to confront death. Why Lawrence County? It’s where the University of Chicago began. Ever since my colleagues and I at the Reparations at UChicago Working Grouppublished our findings on the university’s ties … Continue reading BLOGROLL: Mount on Death and Memory From Mississippi to Chicago – @AAIHS
POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
Brenda Marie Osbey interviewed in 2013 on her long poem and slavery: "Well, the intent of the work itself isn’t to resist symbol or metaphor, but to reject outright the kind of figurative language that underplays the role of the extreme violence of slavery in the New World project. This specific passage addresses the obscene … Continue reading POETRY: Osbey on The Poem as History | Warscapes
ARTICLES: Connolly and Fuentes Co-Edit Special Issue on Archives of Slavery
Scholars of slavery engage history, archives, Saidiya Hartman, and violence, in a recent History of the Present. From the introduction by Brian Connolly and Marisa Fuentes: "This special issue of the journal asks how the violence of the archives of slavery contributes to the production of a history of our present. What is at stake in … Continue reading ARTICLES: Connolly and Fuentes Co-Edit Special Issue on Archives of Slavery
NEWS: International Slavery Museum marks ten years with stories of Ink and Blood
New exhibit on slavery in Argentina, Cuba, Jamaica, the United States and Bahrain opens: "The young Jamaican African boy peering out from a nineteenth century photograph found by the curator of a timely new exhibition at the International Slavery Museum may be unknown and slowly vanishing into the paper, but says Jean-Francois Manicom, “he is … Continue reading NEWS: International Slavery Museum marks ten years with stories of Ink and Blood
DIGITAL: The Caribbean Memory Project
"The Caribbean Memory Project (CMP) is the Caribbean’s first crowd-sourced cultural heritage research platform. It is designed to activate and engage the memory of cultural heritage among a mixed audience and to aid in counteracting the effects of erasure and forgetting occurring in a growing number of contemporary Caribbean communities. The CMP is motivated by enduring … Continue reading DIGITAL: The Caribbean Memory Project
DIGITAL: The Early Caribbean Digital Archive
"Partnered with the Digital Library of the Caribbean(DLOC) and housed in Northeastern University’s NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks (NULabTMN), the Early Caribbean Digital Archive (ECDA) is a highly interactive digital scholars lab for the collaborative research and study of pre-C20 Caribbean literature. The ECDA seeks to engage both scholars and students in a shared, … Continue reading DIGITAL: The Early Caribbean Digital Archive
SOURCE/DIGITAL: Issue 3.0 of A Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789
A Colony in Crisis... "...is designed to provide online access to both the French originals and the English translations of key primary sources dealing with the grain shortage faced by the colony of Saint-Domingue in 1789, which are found under the Translations menu. Alongside the French original, each translation is presented with a brief historical introduction … Continue reading SOURCE/DIGITAL: Issue 3.0 of A Colony in Crisis: The Saint-Domingue Grain Shortage of 1789
SOURCE: Holy Trinity Church death records, 1818-1867 | Georgetown Slavery Archive
Description: "Burial records for Holy Trinity Church include the names of enslaved and free people of color in the 19th century. Two people presumed to be slaves of Georgetown are listed in the records: 1) p. 63: Rachel, October 22, 1821 2) p. 104: Charles, January 3, 1832. "Charles and Rachel were both buried … Continue reading SOURCE: Holy Trinity Church death records, 1818-1867 | Georgetown Slavery Archive
NEWS: Harvard Puts Its Ties To Slavery On Display | WBUR
"As universities grapple with connections to slavery, Harvard is displaying documents that offer records of the enslaved people who lived and worked at the school." Source: Harvard Puts Its Ties To Slavery On Display | WBUR
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