Decolonised Transformations: Confronting the UoE’s Legacies of Enslavement and Colonialism March 2024 Co-authored by the Co-Chairs of the REWG, Tommy Curry and Nicola Frith, in collaboration with REWG members, including Kobina Amokwandoh, Ebo Anyebe, Vansh Bali, Obasanjo Bolarinwa, Simon Buck, Silence Chihuri, Kevin Donovan, Zaki El-Salahi, Omolabake Fakunle, Daryl Green, Roger Jeffery, Nini Kerr, Samantha […]

Question 1: What is the difference between a crime against humanity and genocide?   After World War II, two new concepts were introduced into international law: crimes against humanity and genocide. These are distinct legal concepts. Crimes against humanity refer to ‘specific crimes committed in the context of a large-scale attack targeting civilians, regardless of […]

Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh 22 April 2023     This post summarises the key themes raised by people during the roundtable sessions at the REWG’s launch event on 22 April 2023.   UoE = University of Edinburgh CoRJI = community of reparatory justice interest   Point 1: Addressing power imbalances between the UoE and […]

This podcast was created as a collaboration between the Research and Engagement Working Group that is looking into the University of Edinburgh’s history and legacies of slavery, colonialism and racial thought and the RaceEd network as part of their ‘Undersong – Race and Conversations Other-Wise’ series. In this second episode, Shaira Vadasaria is in conversation […]

This podcast was created as a collaboration between the Research and Engagement Working Group that is looking into the University of Edinburgh’s history and legacies of slavery, colonialism and racial thought and the RaceEd network as part of their ‘Undersong – Race and Conversations Other-Wise’ series. In this first episode, Shaira Vadasaria is in conversation […]

  Decolonised Transformations Inaugural Event:   Recapitulation   In this issue   Key notes from the Introductory panel   Research fellows and Engagement officer   External Community Representatives  Thematic takeaways from the roundtable discussions   More on the inaugural event Event slides Moving forward     Key Notes from the Introductory Panel   Greetings reader,     On 22 April 2023, the […]

Confronting the Legacies of Slavery, Colonialism and Racial Thought at the University of Edinburgh The past decade has seen many academic institutions turning their attention to exploring their local links to the global histories of slavery and colonialism. This work is often associated with efforts to decolonise and address the longstanding legacies of harm that […]

Establishing the Review  In January 2021, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Peter Mathieson, signalled his intent to address the University of Edinburgh’s historic and contemporary links to race with the establishment of an independently chaired Review of Race and History Group.  In the published statement, Prof Mathieson expressed a need to address “issues of race, […]