You are cordially invited to the Institute for the Study of Slavery’s 2013 Annual Lecture (In association with the Department of American and Canadian Studies and the School of Sociology)

Professor Kevin Bales
in discussion with Prof Zoe Trodd

The Deadly Link: Ecocide and 21st Century Slavery

6.30 - 8pm, 13 March
A1/A2 Highfield House, University Park 

followed by a drinks reception
Highfield House Cloister

Kevin Bales is the world's leading expert on contemporary slavery, Professor of Contemporary Slavery at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE), University of Hull, and co-founder of Free the Slaves, Washington DC.

His work on modern slavery was named one of "100 World-Changing Discoveries" by the Association of British Universities in 2006. His book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy (1999) was nominated for a Pulitzer, and the film based on Disposable People, which he co-wrote, won a Peabody and two Emmy Awards. Bales has advised the US, British, Irish, Norwegian, and Nepali governments, as well as the United Nations, on slavery and human trafficking policy.

In 2007 he published the book Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves, and in 2008, with Zoe Trodd, he published To Plead Our Own Cause: Personal Stories by Today's Slaves, and with seven Magnum photographers, Documenting Disposable People: Contemporary Global Slavery.

In 2009, with Zoe Trodd and Alex Kent Williamson he published Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27 Million People. He is currently writing on the relationship between slavery and environmental destruction; building a global slavery index with Monti Datta and, with Jody Sarich, writing a book exploring forced marriage worldwide.

Attendance is free, but places are limited. Please register for the event if you wish to attend.

For further information please email Rachel Harding.