Information Sheet for Participants Principal Investigators: Professor Tommy J. Curry, Dr Nicola Frith, Professor Nasar Meer Researcher collecting data: Dr Yarong Xie   What is this document?  This document explains what kind of study we are doing, what your rights are, and what will be done with your data. You should keep this page for your […]

Information Sheet For Participants   Principle Investigators: Professor Tommy J. Curry, Dr Nicola Frith, Professor Nasar Meer Researcher collecting data: Dr Yarong Xie What is this document?  This document explains what kind of study we are doing, what your rights are, and what will be done with your data. You should keep this page for […]

  On the 31st of October from 3:30-6pm the Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG) in collaboration with the Centre for African Studies (CAS), will be hosting a workshop at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. This in-person panel and workshop event will engage with community groups, activists and scholars regarding the UoE’s Anatomical Museum. The museum holds one of the largest and most […]

Professor Tommy Curry  Tommy J. Curry is a Professor of Philosophy and holds a Personal Chair of Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests are 19th century ethnology, Critical Race Theory & Black Male Studies. He is the author of The Man-Not: Race, Class, Genre, and the Dilemmas of […]

  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 […]

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 […]

The Co-Chairs Dr Nicola Frith (Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies and specialist in slavery studies and reparatory justice)  Professor Tommy Curry (Personal Chair in Africana Philosophy and Black Male Studies)   Research fellows Dr Ian Stewart will be looking at the links between the University and colonialism Dr Simon Buck will be looking at the links […]

We are delighted to announce our first public event, where attendees will be able to meet members of the Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG) and learn more about our project aims, motivations and processes. Additionally, the event will allow community groups and individuals to connect with each other, as well as members of the […]

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, […]