School of History, Classics & Archaeology

Global Histories of Slavery - A Workshop with Indrani Chatterjee

The Edinburgh Centre for Global History invite proposals for a workshop with Professor Indrani Chatterjee on global histories of slavery. 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 aspect of the theme of global histories of slavery. Up to 5 students will be selected to share a piece of writing of up to 8,000 words for intensive discussion and feedback from Professor Chatterjee 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.

Those selected to participate will be notified in early April 2022. Work for circulation will be due by Friday 29 April 2022.

The workshop will be hybrid; participants will be encouraged to come to Edinburgh to participate, but Professor Chatterjee will join us from Texas and it will be possible to participate online.

Indrani Chatterjee is Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin. She is among the leading historians of South Asia. Her works on slavery include Gender, Slavery, and Law in Colonial India, Slavery and South Asian History (edited with Richard Easton).

Public Lecture

At 4.00 on Wednesday 4 May, Professor Chatterjee will deliver the 2022 Lecture in the History of Slavery to the Edinburgh Centre for Global History, on 'Entangled Hierarchies: Of Varna-Jati, Casta and Slaves in historic South Asia'. The lecture will take place online and we expect that workshop participants will also attend Prof Chatterjee’s lecture.

2022 Lecture in the History of Slavery: Professor Indrani Chatterjee

Eligibility:

The workshop is open to PhD students and recent PhDs (those whose PhDs were submitted September 2019 or later) in relevant fields from any university. Priority may be given to students at the University of Edinburgh and other Scottish Institutions. We will be able to refund reasonable travel expenses for those coming from within Scotland

Deadline for submissions:

31 March 2022

Applications:

To apply, please email the Edinburgh Centre for Global History (ecgh@ed.ac.uk) by 31 March 2022 using the subject line ‘Global Histories of Slavery’ 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:
  • 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?

Those at Scottish Universities:

If you will be traveling from outside Edinburgh we may be able to cover your travel costs. If you would like to apply for your travel costs to be covered, please provide an estimate of costs, assuming standard class train travel and, where available, advance purchase fares. Participants from outside Scotland are welcome but we will not be able to support their travel costs.

 

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May 06 2022 -

Global Histories of Slavery - A Workshop with Indrani Chatterjee

Edinburgh Centre for Global History invite proposals for a workshop with Professor Indrani Chatterjee on global histories of slavery

Seminar room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD