Category: Project Overview
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 […]
The Principles of Participation (PoP) are the ethical guidelines underpinning the reparatory justice and decolonising work of the Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG). The REWG is an independent group operating within the University of Edinburgh and dedicated to investigating the University’s historical links to African enslavement, colonialism and their racial legacies today. It is […]
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, […]