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‘The Public History of Scotland and Caribbean Slavery’

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On 31 October, 2016, the Centre welcomed Dr Stephen Mullen (University of Glasgow), Louise Welsh (University of Glasgow), Jude Barber (Glasgow) and Michael R. E. Hopcroft (University of Dundee) to discuss ‘The Public History of Scotland and Caribbean Slavery’. This consisted of three twenty-minute presentations: ‘The Myth of the white Scottish Slaves’ by Stephen Mullen, ‘Highland… Continue reading →

Scotland and the Commonwealth: ‘Our Worthy Countrymen?: Highland Development and the West Indies, 1750-1850’

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On 21 January 2014, the Centre was pleased to welcome Dr Karly Kehoe (Glasgow Caledonian University) to discuss ‘Our Worthy Countrymen?: Highland Development and the West Indies, 1750-1850’. This lecture continued the ‘Scotland and the Commonwealth’ series convened by Lizanne Henderson. Below is this listener’s brief summary of the lecture. Dr Kehoe’s lecture focused on Highland… Continue reading →