The EUROTAST network embarked on 13 research projects facilitated by our partner organisations around Europe. Please browse our portfolio to find out more.
Fellow: Erna Johannesdottir Supervision: Dr. Kate Robson-Brown Host Institution: Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project will use the latest osteoarchaeological research methods that can provide new data on the demography, nutritional status and health of enslaved Africans; in order to gain new insights into…
Fellow: Jessica Hendy Supervision: Prof. Matthew Collins Host Institution: Department of Archaeology, University of York Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project will build on recent advances in protein mass-spectrometry to develop new insights into the health of enslaved Africans. We know from historical records that slaves suffered from a wide range…
Fellow: Judy Watson Supervision: Dr. Alistair Pike Host Institution: Department of Archaeology, University of Bristol Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project aims to improve our understanding of dietary content and conditions for enslaved African people, whilst determining geographical origins through the analysis of stable and radiogenic isotopes in skeletal tissue…
Fellow: Carlos da Silva Junior Supervision: Prof. David Richardson Host Institution: Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project aims to identify the ethnic origins of the enslaved Africans taken to Bahia, Brazil, in the second half of the eighteenth…
Fellow: Tanja Heinz Supervision: Prof. Antonio Salas Host Institution: Faculty of Legal Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project will use modern genetic data from African descendants in the Americas to try to trace ancestral origins using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analyses. In particular this research…
Fellow: Cesar A. Fortes-Lima Supervision: Prof. Jean-Michel Dugoujon Host Institution: Laboratoire dʼAnthropologie Moléculaire et dʼImagerie de Synthèse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 The principal aim of this project is to retrace the genetic history of the Noir Marron in French Guiana, direct descendants of maroons who escaped…
Fellow: Marcela Sandoval Velasco Supervision: Prof. Tom Gilbert and Dr. Hannes Schroeder Host Institution: Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 The aim of this project is to try to identify the geographic origins of African captives that were brought to the Americas during the transatlantic slave…
Fellow: Hákon Jónsson Supervision: Dr. Ludovic Orlando Host Institution: Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project aims to develop bioinformatic tools that enable the optimum usage and analysis of data extracted from ancient and modern DNA projects. With the development of ever more powerful sequencing…
Fellow: Ryan Espersen Supervision: Dr. Jay Haviser and Prof. Corinne Hofman Host Institution: Faculty of Archaeology, University of Leiden | SIMARC, Saint Martin Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project aims to assess and document the material legacy of slavery in the Dutch Antilles in view of the 150th anniversary of…
Fellow: Petr Triska Supervision: Dr. Luisa Pereira Host Institution: Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular, University of Porto Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project aims to investigate the genetic legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in southern European populations, tracing back to the introduction of African people into Europe from…
Fellow: Anuradha Jagadeesan Supervision: Dr. Agnar Helgasson Host Institution: University of Iceland and deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project focuses on a highly novel idea in human genetics, namely to reconstruct the genome of a long dead individual using genetic data available through his descendants. The…
Fellow: Sarah Abel Supervision: Prof. Myriam Cottias Host Institution: Centre International des Recherches sur les Esclavages, CNRS, Paris Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project explores the impact of genetic ‘ancestry’ information on the negotiation of ‘racial’ and ethnic identities in the Americas. Over the past two decades, advances in DNA…
Fellow: Winston Phulgence Supervision: Dr. Jonathan Finch Host Institution: Department of Archaeology, University of York Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 June 2012 This project will explore how the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies have been memorialised around the former Atlantic world. Particular attention will be placed on acts of commemoration, commissioned memorials, pedagogical…