Institute for the Study of Slavery

Established in 1998 by the late Thomas Wiedemann as the 'International Centre for the History of Slavery', ISOS now pursues research on both historical and contemporary slavery and forced labour in all parts of the globe and through all periods.

The Institute draws together academic staff, postdoctoral researchers and postgraduate students from several academic schools within The University of Nottingham: Geography, Humanities, Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, Politics and International Relations, and Sociology and Social Policy.

News

New project seeks to reflect on the histories of slavery and colonialism in the British countryside

Description: Dr Susanne Seymour (School of Geography and a Deputy Director of ISOS) has been awarded an AHRC research grant through the Connected Communities Scoping Studies & Research Review call.

Institute for the Study of Slavery 2011/12 seminar programme

Description: Details of the ISOS 2011/2012 seminar programme is now available. All welcome.

Events

ISOS conference on Sex and Slavery, 13 - 14 September 2012

Date: 13 (00:00) - 14/09/2012 (00:00)
Description: It will be a two-day conference held at the University of Nottingham and hosted jointly by the Department of Classics and the Institute for the Study of Slavery at the University of Nottingham, and the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.

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Featured publications

Dick Geary & Kostas Vlassopoulos (eds.), Slavery, Citizenship and the State in Classical Antiquity and the Modern Americas, Special issue of European Review of History: Revue Europeenne d'Histoire , Vol. 16.3 (2009) 295-436.
T.Wiedemann & J.Gardner (eds.), Representing the body of the slave, London: Frank Cass, 2002 (special issue of Slavery and Abolition).
M.Kleigwegt (ed.), The Faces of Freedom: The Manumission and Emancipation of Slaves in Old World and New World Slavery, Leiden: Brill 2006.

Institute for the Study of Slavery

University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2RD

Tel: +44 (0)115 951 4806
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Email: stephen.hodkinson@nottingham.ac.uk