Online Symposium: Barriers to Black Academia: Slavery and Colonialism and The Case for Reparative Justice
Starting on Slavery Remembrance Day (23rd August 2021) and running through to the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25th March 2022), this series of online panel discussions will discuss the barriers to Black academia in the UK with internationally renowned scholars and activists. Exploring the absence of Black UK academics in teaching and research, especially in studies of slavery, the implications of this absence in relation to student experience and research, and the reparative actions needed from Higher Education Institutions to address the barriers to representation.
More information about the project can be found on our website.