Events
We also work on multiple collaborative projects throughout the year to bring together academics to develop an understanding of slavery past and present. We aim to create a base of knowledge that today’s thinkers can use to understand and tackle slavery in the present, while also focusing on reparations and decolonisation.
Tickets for events are available on our Ticket Source page.
Upcoming Events
CSIS Annual Lecture: Restitution and the Teaching of African History
18th February 2025 (5pm)
The Athenaeum, Liverpool
Join the CSIS Annual Lecture on 18th February 2025 at The Athenaeum, hosted by Miles Greenwood.
Speaker: Toby Green, Fellow of the British Academy, and Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture at King’s College, London
Discussions around restitution of objects from Western museums to their places of creation are widespread. But in spite of much discussion, little has changed on the ground for many institutions on the continent, from Dakar to Benin City.
Much of the discussion around restitution focusses on historical justice and the concerns raised by some Western institutions. This lecture takes a different approach, and looks towards the future: how would a mass programme of restitution of these objects change the dynamic of teaching and researching the history of Africa, and what difference would this make to questions of global inequity?
Recent past events
Alongside the event archives below, some of our past events are available to watch via our Youtube page.
Past Events and Activities 2018-2019
Past Events and Activities 2017-2018
Past Events and Activities 2016-2017
Past Events and Activities 2015-2016
International Slavery Museum and Maritime Museum Workshops
While ISM and MM close for refurbishment in 2025, the two museums will be continuing to offer outreach workshops for schools.
- Bridging Histories: exploring transatlantic slavery on tour
- Crossing the Atlantic: stories and craft ISM on tour
Our Projects
Research projects
- The Antislavery Usable Past, University of Hull and University of Nottingham, UK
- The Law in Slavery and Freedom Project, University of Michigan, USA
- Legacies of British Slave-ownership, University College London, UK