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The Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS) connects researchers through knowledge exchange. Discover updates and news items related to our projects and those of our partners.

Historical illustration of slaves being branded by their masters.
 

History undergraduate awarded national prize for dissertation

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Department of History undergraduate awarded national prize for dissertation
Date:
05/09/2019

ISOS Conference 2020 Call for Papers

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Call for papers for ISOS conference 2020
Date:
02/08/2019

ISOS Public Lecture, 25 April 2019

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First details regarding the upcoming ISOS Public Lecture on 25 April 2019.
Date:
22/01/2019

Blood Sugar film nominated for award

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A film about slavery connections in Newstead Abbey is nominated for the AHRC Research Film Awards
Date:
05/11/2018

Classics student wins Robert Markus Prize for best MA dissertation

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We are thrilled to announce that Jason Porter has been awarded the Robert Markus Prize for the 2013/14 academic year for his MA dissertation.
Date:
16/12/2014

Graphic novel portrays Sparta from the helots' viewpoint

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The author Kieron Gillen, author of the comics series, THREE, visited the University recently to take part in a Round Table with staff from Nottingham's Institute for the Study of Slavery (ISOS) and its Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies (CSPS).
Date:
07/05/2014

Global cotton connections: East meets West in the Derbyshire Peak District

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Dr Susanne Seymour (School of Geography and a Deputy Director of Institute for the Study of Slavery, University of Nottingham) heads up a team awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) grant through the Connected Communities Summit 2013 Follow-up Funding call.
Date:
07/03/2014

Launch of interactive mapping resource

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Launch of interactive mapping resource on histories of slavery and colonialism.
Date:
17/09/2013

Hosted here soon - interactive mapping resource on histories of slavery and colonialism in Norfolk and Nottinghamshire

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Interactive mapping resource on histories of slavery and colonialism in Norfolk and Nottinghamshire
Date:
03/04/2013

Research on Contemporary Slavery blog

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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the US Emancipation Proclamation. Signed and issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War on January 1, 1863, the order proclaimed free all those enslaved in the Confederate States.
Date:
22/03/2013
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