Module Timetable 25/26
In 2025/26, this module will consist 16 2-hour seminars, a display panel session, and a fieldtrip. Below is the indicative timetable and is subject to change prior to the start of term 2.
| Week | Seminar 1 (Monday) | Seminar 2 (Thursday) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Colston has fallen |
History and memory |
| 2 |
Narratives of the enslaved |
Commemorating abolition and abolitionists |
| 3 |
Emancipation Day |
Remembering Haiti |
| 4 |
Rebel Heroes |
2007 Bicentenary |
| 5 |
Museums |
All-day fieldtrip to Museum of London Docklands & National Maritime Museum, London (TBC) |
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** Reading Week - no seminars ** (If you haven't already, please use this as an opportunity to read Fred D'Aguiar's Feeding the Ghosts (2014) ready for week 7 seminar 2). |
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| 7 |
Neo-slave narratives: Feeding the Ghosts |
Display panel presentations |
| 8 |
Film discussion of 'Amazing Grace' |
Sites of memory |
| 9 |
Slavery tourism |
Slavery and universities |
| 10 |
Writing and researching the legacies of enslavement |
Reparations and apologies |