Slavery and the Slave Trades in the Indian Ocean and Arab Worlds: Global Connections and Disconnections

November 7-8, 2008
Luce Hall Auditorium, Yale University, New Haven, CT

This conference explores the complexity and importance of the Indian Ocean and Arab slavery and slave trades in terms of their connections to the meaning of slavery and abolition in a world-wide context. In addition, it will examine the relation between these trades and the development of the 19th, 20th, and 21st-century global economies. Of particular importance are the legal history of abolition in the Indian Ocean World, and the legacy of slavery and the slave trade in the region today, in terms of cultural memories, patterns of human trafficking and subjugation, stigmatization, and family relationships.

Speakers include:
• Richard B. Allen, Framingham State College
• Edward A. Alpers, UCLA
• David W. Blight, Yale University
• Sugata Bose, Harvard University
• Gwyn Campbell, McGill University
• Indrani Chatterjee, Rutgers University
• William Gervase Clarence-Smith, University of London
• Janet Ewald, Duke University
• Bernard K. Freamon, Seton Hall Law School
• Robert Harms, Yale University
• Matthew Hopper, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
• Pier M. Larson, The Johns Hopkins University
• Mandana Limbert, Queens College, New York
• Mohamed Mattar, The Johns Hopkins University
• Thomas McDow, George Mason University
• Abdul Sheriff, Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute

Be sure to check the conference website at http://www.yale.edu/glc/indian-ocean/index.htm for a complete schedule and additional details.

Conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required.