APRIL 2015: Genetics/Heritage – Day Two
For the second day of the Genetics/Heritage conference there were presentations from colleagues and associates of EUROTAST regarding the history, genetics, and archaeology of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Here is the program:
08:30-09:00 Coffee
09:00-09:30 Richard Benjamin – Introduction to International Slavery Museum
09:30-09:45 Hannes Schroeder & Tom Gilbert (University of Copenhagen) Summary of EUROTAST goals & the Future
09:45-10:00 Temi Odumosu (Malmö University) Outreach in EUROTAST
10:00-12:00 Session 1
Jada Benn Torres (University of Notre Dame) Re-envisioning the role of Africans in Caribbean colonization: a genetic perspective
Hannes Schroeder (University of Copenhagen) DNA as history: New insights into the history of transatlantic slave trade
Eran Elhaik (University of Sheffield) In search of the holy grail in biogeography: From DNA to home village in less than 30 seconds
(Ancestry.com) Genetic Signatures of African Ancestry in the U.S.
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Session 2
Katherine Cook (University of York) Placing the Dead in Narratives of Slavery: Burial and Commemoration in Colonial Barbados
Jason Laffoon, Ryan Espersen (Leiden University) – Examining the contents of a late 18th century enslaved African’s lockbox from Spring Bay Flat, Saba, Dutch Caribbean
Felicia Fricke (University of Kent) Slavery in Post-Medieval London: Assessing Potential Osteological Indicators
15:00-15:30 Coffee
15:30-17:30 Session 3
Ibrahima Thiaw (Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire) An Archaeology of the Historical Landscape and of the Social Institutions of Slavery in Southeastern Senegal (18th-early 20th century)
José Lingna Nafafé (University of Bristol) Three Continents One Voice: Lourenço Mendonça da Silva, An Early Lusophone African Abolitionist 17th-Century Portugal
Kodzo Gavua and Kofi Nutor (University of Ghana) Intricacies of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Ghana: Implications for Slave Origin Research
David Richardson (University of Hull) Slavery and Identity: A Historian’s Perspective on Bio-archaeology and Genetics
17:30-18:00 Wrap up & extended questions
18:00-19:00 Alondra Nelson (Columbia University) Keynote: Reconciliation Projects
19:00-20:00 Drinks
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