MANAGING IMPERIAL LEGACIES

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, JUNE 22-23

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22

9.35 am KEYNOTE: Professor Corinne Fowler

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10.50am-1pm SESSION 1

Slavery in New Mexico during the Spanish colonization and its racist legacy in our current society

         Maria Isabel Barranquero Sánchez, University of Malaga

Reflections of Black Life in Dutch and Scottish Country Estates

          Thalia Oostendorf, University of St Andrews and Farida Nabibaks, Artistic Director: Reframing HERstory Art Foundation, Netherlands

Challenging Britain’s Imperial Identity in the Scottish Highlands

          Dr Ben Thomas, Historic Environment Scotland

How did the Oi project engage critically with Norway’s imperial history?

Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa, University College London, and Naomi Niyo Bazira, Sociologist and Social Worker, Trondheim, Norway

Recognising slavery and empire on the coasts of Guyana and the Highlands

          David Alston, Independent Scholar

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1.40pm -3pm SESSION 2: EXAMINING SCOTLAND’S COLONIAL SPACES

Roundtable on Scotland’s local authority colonial legacy reviews

Inverclyde Council

Edinburgh City Council

Glasgow City Council

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3.30pm -5.20pm SESSION 3

Legacies of the Indian Empire in Edinburgh churches and cemeteries

Hauke Wiebe and Professor Roger Jeffrey, University of Edinburgh

Challenging the ‘man of his time’ argument: how a 18th century Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University informs the current campaign to rename Trinity College Dublin’s main library.

Dr. Philomena Mullen, Trinity College Dublin

Black History Month, Scotland

Nelson Cummins, Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights

Making History: How Berkeley Forgets and Remembers Its Past

Dr Tony Platt, University of California, Berkeley

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DAY 2: THURSDAY, JUNE 23

9.35am KEYNOTE: Zandra Yeaman

Curator of Discomfort. The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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10.50am -1pm SESSION 4

Decolonizing heritage conservation and policy in Algeria

Samir Belgacem, University of York

Empire and Heritage Policy/Management in Postcolonial India

Shreya Sharma, Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, India

Edinburgh New Town and its residents

Dr Anthony Lewis, Glasgow Museums

Conserving the past for a meaningful future: The Roxburgh House and the Old Herbarium, AJC Bose Indian Botanical Garden

Dr Nilina Deb Lal, Programme Director, Roxburgh International Trust

The links between Scottish country estates and the profits of transatlantic slavery, 1707-1850

Dr Catherine Middleton, Historic Environment Scotland

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1.40-3.30 pm SESSION 5

Facing Our Past at the National Trust for Scotland

Dr Jennifer Melville, NTS and Lisa Williams, Edinburgh Caribbean Association.

Historic Environment Scotland’s ‘Properties in Care and the British Empire’ Project

Professor Andrew Mackillop, University of Glasgow

Scotland’s Imperial Legacies: Reflections from our historic past and contemporary concerns

Professor Chandrika Kaul, University of St Andrews

Beyond the Visual: Legacies of Colonialism, Slavery and Exploitation in Artists’ Materials

Kendall Francis, Painting Conservator

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3.50pm -5.10pm SESSION 6 : LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD

Roundtable hosted by Braden Paynter, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

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CLOSE OF CONFERENCE.

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