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University of Edinburgh American History Workshop: An Unlikely Freedom: Westward Migration and the Law of Slavery in California (Online)

October 22  Sally Gordon (Penn) and Kevin Waite (Durham): An Unlikely Freedom: Westward Migration and the Law of Slavery in California This session is part of the University of Edinburgh’s American History Fall Workshop series. If you are interested in participating in these workshops, please contact David Silkenat at the in order to be added to the mailing list and receive the pre-circulated papers. All of these workshops will occur on Zoom at 5pm on the indicated date.

Teaching Histories of Race in America to UK Undergraduates: A Review Panel (Online)

Review panel discussion for ‘America and Race: A Bibliography for UK History Undergraduates’ About this Event The RAI invites you to attend a review panel discussion on a collaborative bibliography project which asks: What readings are most effective for teaching UK history undergraduates about race in America? The focus is on works which provide accessible historical insights into conceptions of race, the social construction of difference, and the freedom struggles that have attempted to dismantle white supremacy. The project seeks to centre current research on early America and the United States, including Atlantic, global, national, and regional approaches. The review panel will discuss key issues in pedagogy on the history of race among the community of early American and US historians based in the UK, along with offering specific recommendations for revising the bibliography. After the review, the resulting bibliography will be hosted on the publicly accessible Bodleian LibGuides website. […]