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The aim of this one-day postgraduate research workshop is to examine different forms of slavery, from the actual slave trade during the colonial empire to modern forms of slavery such as sex-slavery or ideological enslavement. How was slavery represented in discourse during the time of the empire and how is it portrayed today? How has discourse changed since the independence/departmentalization of former colonies? What other forms of slavery exist? How does the ex-colonizer deal with the topic of slavery, how does the ex-colonized deal with it? What are some of the questions and issues that arise when treating the topic of slavery? What is the legacy of slavery, both in the metropole and the ex-colonies?
The workshop aims to bring together as many different perspectives on as many different forms of slavery as possible. Some themes may include, but are not restricted to:
Literary enslavement (enslaved to certain traditions)
Psychological enslavement (doctrines, behavior, etc.)
Modern-day slavery (sex-trade, domestic labor, etc.)
Theoretical slavery (enslaved by theoretical traditions, etc.)
Different forms of slavery: an instrument of oppression or a socio-economic tool
Geographically/historically specific or comparative discussion of slavery
Discourse of slavery (then and now)
The slave trade
Issues of gender and race
Representations of slavery (then and now)
Colonial conscription
Abolition
The legacy of slavery (Europe/ex-colonies)
Please send proposals of no more than 250 words for 15 minute papers to Charlotte Baker and Jennifer Jahn at: sfps_study_day@yahoo.co.uk by 15 July 2007.
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