Thursday, June 27, 2013
A0.08 (Oudemanhuispoort)
Myriam Cottias is Director of the international research project on slavery based in Paris, Centre International de Recherches sur les Esclavages (CIRESC), a 'Groupement de Recherche International (GDRI)', a partnership of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the ’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), l’Université Paris Diderot (Paris 7), l’Université de Poitiers and York University du Canada. In this presentation she will show an overview of the results and ongoing investigations within this project and future collaborations with regard to the Francophone academic world on the history and memory of slavery and the slave trade.
