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21 entries under this heading — Last update Jan 28, 2008
21 entries under this heading — Last update Jan 28, 2008
Projects & Activities
Research Projects (10) —
Specialized Postgraduate Degree Programs (5) —
Teacher Training (4) —
Teaching Initiatives (2)
Specialized Postgraduate Degree Programs
- Related Names
- Lovejoy, Paul (dir.)
- Release
- York, Canada, [n. d. (regular updates)] (York University : Dept. of History)
- Extent
- n/a
- Last Visit
- Apr 5, 2004.
- Language
- English
- Includes
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- Graduate Program (ca. 2/3 of dissertations projects listed focus on slavery)
- Studies in the History of the African Diaspora – Documents (SHADD)
- Educational Portal (More than 20 partially annotated links, most of which deal with the history of antislavery, fugitive slaves, and black communities in Canada.)
- Links (incl. extensive section on the Underground Railroad)
- Conference Announcements (Past and Present)
- African Diaspora Forum (maintained by graduate students)
- Description
- Research institute engaged in numerous collaborative initiatives and actively participating in UNESCO's Slave Route Project.
- Related Names
- Geary, Dick (dir.) / Wiedemann, Thomas (founding dir.)
- Release
- Nottingham, last update Jan 2004 (University of Nottingham)
- Extent
- 8 pages (ca. 90 KiB)
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Language
- English
- Includes
- Description
- Formerly known as 'International Centre for the History of Slavery,' the institute has been renamed after the death of its founder Thomas Wiedemann. It is now dedicated to the study of both historical and contemporary forms of slavery.
- Related Names
- Herrmann-Otto, Elisabeth (speaker)
- Release
- Trier, last update Sep 2007 (Universität Trier)
- Extent
- 131 pages (ca. 1.8 MiB) : 5 PDF docs., 4 illustr.
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- Originally at: http://www.uni-trier.de/uni/fb3/geschichte/gk-sklaverei.
- Language
- German | English (parts only)
- Description
- Interdisciplinary group offering a specialized degree program to 15 doctoral researchers. The group seeks promote comparative research on slavery, serfdom, and forced labor in social history, legal history, the history of ideas, and in literary and language studies. Activities began in May 2002.
- Related Names
- Roth, Ulrike (project organiser) / Kane, Richard (project administrator)
- Part of
- Postgraduate Study / University of Edinburgh : School of History and Classics
- Release
- Edinburgh, Scotland, last update Jul 2006
- Extent
- 1 page (ca. 37 Kib)
- Last Visit
- Sep 30, 2006.
- Language
- English
- Description
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"The MSc is a comparative history programme, offering the study of slavery and forced labour right across a vast range of historical periods and geographies, from classical antiquity to the 20th century, ancient Italy and Greece, Africa, and the Americas - as well as the study of the development of slavery as an idea in modern European thought, and its use as an image in 20th century Hollywood cinema.
The taught MSc also includes research training and supervised work on a dissertation on a topic within the remit of the MSc. All courses are taught by members of staff in the School of History and Classics, and students will be assigned a dissertation supervisor in an area of their more specific interest." (From the original announcement published on various H-Net lists in March 2005.)
- Related Inst.
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Hull City Council
Wilberforce 2007 | Hull - Release
- Hull, Engl., n. d., online since Jul 2006 (University of Hull)
- Extent
- 30 pages (ca. 1.7 MiB) : 17 illustr., 2 PDF docs., 8 MS Word docs.
- Last Visit
- Sep 12, 2006.
- Language
- English
- Includes
- Description
- Mission Statement: "WISE is an interdisciplinary institute dedicated to the pursuit of world-class research in the areas of slavery, emancipation, human rights, and social justice, historically and in the contemporary world. It seeks to provide a forum for academic discourse and interaction, to advance academic knowledge and public understanding of historical and contemporary debates, to inform policy change and the campaigns of activists, and to work with others to generate knowledge transfer."
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Teacher Training
- Related Inst.
- The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
- Release
- Houston, Tex., n. d. [start page stamped Aug 1995] (University of Houston)
- Extent
- 1 page/frame (ca. 15 KiB)
- Last Visit
- Jul 1, 2003.
- Technical Notes
- No longer available at original location (http://vi.uh.edu/pages/mintz/syl.htm). URL in this record points to last copy stored at the Internet Archive. — Not covered by the Slave-Studies.net search engine.
- Language
- English
- Description
- Syllabus for a 10-day intensive course designed to familiarize school teachers with key issues in the current historiography of slavery. Includes bibliographical essay and reading list (now superseded by material available at Steven Mintz's Digital History website).
- Related Names
- Miller, Joseph C. (director)
- Related Inst.
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University of Virginia
National Endowment for the Humanities - Release
- Charlottesville, © 2000-2003 (University of Virginia)
- Last Visit
- Jul 10, 2003.
- Language
- English
- Description
- A 6-week interdisciplinary seminar for college and university teachers with research interests in the field (held in June and July 2003). The seminar has sought to respond to growing calls for a better integration of Americanist and Africanist research. It was designed to allow participants to develop their own research projects in order to promote the production highly sophisticated, yet widely accessible scholarly work. – A follow-up to similar seminars conducted in 1998 and 2001.
- Related Names
- Schwartz, Philip (dir.)
- Related Inst.
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duPont Fund
Wachovia Fund for Education
Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Inc.
Virginia Commonwealth University - Release
- Stratford, Va., n. d. [start page stamped Nov 2003]
- Extent
- 69 pages (ca. 15.7 MiB) : 187 illustr.
- Last Visit
- Jan 20, 2008.
- Technical Notes
- Site defective – some internal links broken.
- Language
- English
- Includes
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- About the Seminar on Slavery (2003)
- Articles on the Legacy of Slavery (more than 20 texts, mainly newspaper articles)
- Presentations Given at the 2002 Seminar (brief abstracts accompanied by supplementary material)
- Documents Related to Stratford Hall And Slavery (incl. primary sources)
- Links To (ca. 40) Internet Sites on Slavery
- Description
- Summer seminar providing the opportunity of in-depth study for teachers of grades 4-12. Hosted by Stratford Hall Plantation, the birthplace of famous Civil-War general Robert E. Lee in Virginia. Focuses on slavery in that state. – A large part of the pictures on the site are mainly of interest to alumni. – The seminar has been offered each summer for a number of years, but the 2003 session had to be cancelled due to lack of funds (note on H-High-S by the list's editor, Joseph Ferreira, Jr., May 1, 2003). The seminar has not been offered again. – See also Stratford Hall's own website.
- Related Name
- Bender, Pennee (ed., Talking History Forum)
- Part of
- History Matters. The U. S. Survey Course on the Web / George Mason University : Center for History and New Media, and City University of New York : American Social History Project/ Center for Media & Learning
- Related Names
- Bender, Pennee (producer) / Brown, Joshua (producer) / Rosenzweig, Roy (producer)
- Release
- Fairfax, Va., active Oct 1999 (George Mason University)
- Last Visit
- Nov 3, 2003.
- Technical Notes
- Web interface allows browsing and searching of log. — Not covered by the Slave-Studies.net search engine.
- Language
- English
- Description
- Forum targeted at college and high school teachers; ca. 100 messages/30 participants.
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Teaching Initiatives
- Related Names
- Beckle, Hilary Macdonald (taskforce member) et al.
- Related Inst.
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Anti-Slavery International
The British Council - Release
- Paris, n. d. [last revised 2004] (UNESCO)
- Extent
- n/a
- Last Visit
- Jul 9, 2003.
- Technical Notes
- The site replaces an older version at http://www.unesco.org/education/educprog/asp/tst/index.htm still online and reported by search engines. — Not covered by the Slave-Studies.net search engine.
- Notes
- In close cooperation with The Slave Route Project of UNESCO's Department of Intercultural Dialogue and Pluralism for a Culture of Peace. – See also the educational resource Breaking the Silence produced by Anti-Slavery International within the framework of the TST project.
- Language
- English | French (project description)
- Includes
- Description
- Project launched in 1998 to promote the commemoration and teaching of the transatlantic slave trade and to create intercultural networks of schools across the areas which were immediately affected by the trade. Targets secondary school students 14 to 16 years of age. Organizes symposia and workshops, youth encounters. Provides participating schools with educational resources, published brochures, flyers, and annual posters for the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (23 August). — Note that an Indian Ocean Slave Trade Education Project is currently under preparation.
- Part of
- IAbolish - The Anti-Slavery Web Portal / American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG)
- Related Names
- Jacobs, Charles (founder) / Athie, Mohammed (co-founder) / Chand, David (co-founder)
- Release
- Boston, © 2001-2006
- Extent
- 21 pages (ca. 410 KiB) : 11 illustr., 2 PDF files
- Last Visit
- Sep 24, 2006.
- Technical Notes
- Originally at: http://www.iabolish.com/act/camp/stop/index.htm.
- Language
- English
- Includes
- Description
- Award-winning campaign begun by a class of 5th graders under the leadership of Vogel in 1998. Now turned into a curriculum. Teaches students about contemporary forms of slavery providing opportunities for participation in anti-slavery actions. Teachers may request cost-free material. Targets older elementary and middle school children.
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