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The below blogs were written by some of the participants and speakers of the RENKEI PAX workshops, that took place in September 2016 at Ritsumeikan University and August 2017 at the University of Liverpool. The blog posts share some of the insights and reflections participants had following their time together. We look forward to sharing more of the outputs of this collaboration as they further develop.                  


RU Peace Museum

Enslaving the Mind

Professor Monte Cassim discusses the 'Enslaving the Mind' PAX Workshop that took place at Ritsumeikan University...

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Alex Balch Blog

The RENKEI PAX workshops

Professor Alex Balch discusses how the two PAX workshops provided an excellent platform for collaborative work...

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Atmonic Bomb

Meaningless History

Goki Atoyama discusses the distinctions between the terms ‘history’ and ‘memory’...


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The Palace of Ostankino

Stars in the Darkness

Polina Ivanova discusses how former slaves could achieve impressive social status...

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Slavery Museum

Presented Past

Lyu Xiaoyan reflects on the use of exhibitions to present the dark past...

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Xiaoyang Hao blog

A Museum Comparison

Xiaoyang Hao Compares the International Slavery Museum and AMA Museum...

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Edward Blog Final

Modern Slavery

Edward Missanjo discusses Human Trafficking in Sustainable Forest Management...

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Mart Karismaa Blog

Why Study Slavery?

Mart Kurismaa asks 'how do we conceptualise slavery?' & 'why even study it to begin with?'...

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Slavery Walk

An Untold Story?

Yahya Almasri discusses slavery in the Middle East and North Africa..

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Sepur Zarco trial

Memory Recovery & Justice

Juliette Doman questions if it is possible to decolonise the past...

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