Location
Wilberforce Institute, Hull
HistoryLab+, the UK’s national network for early career historians, invites you to the University of Hull’s Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation on 25-26 July 2024 for our annual conference: a space to share cutting edge research, to develop research collaborations, and to find a community.
This event will showcase the wide-ranging research being done by early career historians across the world that develops our knowledge of how, historically, humans have exploited other humans — by forcing them to work against their will and/or by opposing fair working conditions — for personal or commercial gain, and these actions’ aftereffects.
It will include a workshop about how to engage the public with challenging colonial histories in the heritage and arts sectors, featuring the leaders behind Theatre in the Mill’s ‘Bussing Out’ exhibition, the Uncomfortable York Walking Tours, the eCommemoration programme by the Körber Foundation, and Leeds Museums and Galleries’ efforts to decolonise museum displays.
We are also proud to bring together the following keynote speakers:
Prof. Trevor Burnard
Prof. David Stirrup
Dr Kesewa John
Dr Danielle Terrazas Williams
Profs Burnard and Stirrup and Drs John and Terrazas Williams will reflect on the (psychological, institutional, disciplinary, sectoral, cultural, national, any) contexts in which researching and sharing histories of exploitative colonial practices and their legacies now happens, and the role of the early career historian in this picture.
We aim, also, to provide a supportive, informal forum — at a time when academic labour in the Humanities is under threat, particularly in higher education institutions — for early career historians to share experiences and opportunities.
See the full conference programme and register for free at this link: https://thehistorylabplus.wordpress.com/historylab-conference-2024/
Ten bursaries of £100 have generously been donated by the Society for the Study of Labour History (SSLH), Economic History Society, and Institute of Historical Research to defray the travel and accommodation expenses of speakers and attendees.
Any attendee who is a student or unwaged early career historian and unable to access institutional funds to support their attendance is eligible to apply. These bursaries will be allocated by random ballot. Please register your entry to the ballot by sending your name and estimated travel and accommodation costs to conference.historylabplus@gmail.com by the extended deadline of 5pm on Monday 15th July.