'Between history and memory: Slavery and race' - A workshop with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo

The Edinburgh Centre for Global History invites proposals for a workshop with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo on the themes of slavery, race, history and memory. The workshop will provide a supportive space for PhD students, and those who have recently submitted their PhDs, to present and receive feedback on chapters or detailed dissertation research proposals relating to any of the above themes, singly or in combination. Up to eight people will be selected to share a chapter-length piece of writing for intensive discussion and feedback from Professor Araujo and other workshop participants. As well as presenting their own work, participants will be expected to read and participate in discussion of other participants’ work.

The workshop will also be open to participants who do not submit papers but commit to reading all the submitted work in advance. Deadline for submissions: 1 March 2021

Those selected to participate will be notified by 10 March 2021. Work for circulation will be due by 1 April 2021.

Eligibility

The workshop is open to PhD students and recent PhDs (those whose PhDs were submitted September 2018 or later) in relevant fields from any university. Priority may be given to students at the University of Edinburgh and other Scottish Institutions. We seek to bring together a diverse group of participants, and will prioritise inclusion of Black scholars and others from groups traditionally under-represented in the historical profession.

Applications

To apply, please email Professor Diana Paton (diana.paton@ed.ac.uk) by 1 March 2021 using the subject line ‘Between History and Memory’ and including the following information:

Your Name:

Your email address:

Thesis title:

Title of your proposed workshop submission:

Abstract of your proposed submission (max 200 words):

University at which you are studying/studied:

Are you a Black scholar, or from another group traditionally under-represented in the historical profession? (Optional):

Year of PhD study or date of PhD submission:

If not selected to present your work, would you still like to participate in the workshop?

Professor Ana Lucia Araujo

Professor of History at Howard University, is the leading historian of the African Atlantic reparations movements. Her books include Slavery in the Age of Memory: Engaging with the Past (2020), Reparations for Slavery and the Slave Trade: A Transnational and Comparative History (2017), Shadows of the Slave Past: Memory, Heritage and Slavery (2014), and Politics of Memory: Making Slavery Visible in the Public Space (2012).

Public Lecture

We expect that workshop participants will also attend Professor Araujo’s public lecture on the previous day.