Professional activities

Conference Roles

“CSIS/ LUP Book Club”
Mount Vernon and Monticello Virtual Book Talks, Virginia, a new online series: Overseers of Early American Slavery at Mount Vernon and Monticello Virtual Book Talks, Virginia, a new online series: Overseers of Early American Slavery, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (George Washington Library, Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA)
Women, Gender, Slavery, and Abolition in Brazil at Black History Month Q & A (Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 2022)
Diaspora Here: Cultural Landscapes of the Global South at Diaspora Here: Cultural Landscapes of the Global South (LUMA Arts, Liverpool, 2022)
Belonging and Being British: Rethinking archives, objects, and narratives to confront the history of slavery & its legacies at Belonging and Being British: Rethinking archives, objects, and narratives to confront the history of slavery & its legacies (Across the city of Liverpool (ISM/ Walker Art Gallery/ Liverpool Museum/ Bluecoat Gallery, 2022)
Museums Beyond Walls; Beyond Borders and Barriers (University of Liverpool, 2022)
Museums Beyond Walls; Beyond Borders and Barriers at Liverpool Against Racism Festival (Liverpool, 2022)
Lifting Barriers to Black Academia Roundtable Workshop at Lifting Barriers to Black Academia Project, University of Bristol, by Invitation (University of Bristol, Bristol, 2022)
Modern Slavery- A Gendered Issue? at CSIS International Women’s Day Event (Modern Slavery- A Gendered Issue?, 2022)
[“A Tale of Two Slave-Owners: Managing Free and Enslaved Labour at Mount Vernon and Monticello at Research Fellows’ Seminar Series, George Washington Library, by Invitation (2021)
Eradicating Modern Slavery Debate: Insights, Exhibits, and Actions Debate at Eradicating Modern Slavery Debate: Insights, Exhibits, and Actions Debate (University of Liverpool, 2021)
British Group in Early American History, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Book Talk: Overseers of Early American Slavery, 2021 - 2022)
Transatlantic Slavery Symposium: “Historic Sites Interpreting Slavery” at Monticello Foundation: Transatlantic Slavery Symposium, by Invitation (Monticello Foundation, Charlottesville, USA, 2021)
[“Casually Lost” and Commonly Stolen: Slave Stealing in American History at Public Lecture for the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Hull (online), 2021)
Slavery, Race, and Gradual Freedom in the Long Nineteenth Century at Slavery, Race, and Gradual Freedom in the Long Nineteenth Century, by Invitation (University of Georgia, Athens, 2021)

Editorships

Slavery and Abolition: a journal of slave and post-slave studies (Invited Reviewer)
Liverpool University Press (Invited Series Editor, 2021 - present)
History Today (Reviewer, 2017 - present)
Jounral of Peasant Studies (Reviewer, 2007 - present)

Event Roles

CSIS/ LUP Book Club at CSIS/ LUP Book Club (Talk/Lecture, Kummba Imani Centre, Liverpool)
Black History Month Celebration reception for Jupiter’s Song Exhibit, exploring blackness, transness and collective memory, by Khaleb Brooks at Black History Month Celebration reception for Jupiter’s Song Exhibit, exploring blackness, transness and collective memory, by Khaleb Brooks (Performance, Martin Luther King Building, International Slavery Museum, 2022)
Free Renty: A Story of Slavery, Harvard University, and Decolonising the Archive (live Q&A with Director David Grubin) at Black History Month & Student Engagement Film Screening: Free Renty: A Story of Slavery, Harvard University, and Decolonising the Archive (Film Screening, University of Liverpool, 2022)
Diaspora Here: Cultural Landscapes of the Global South at Diaspora Here: Cultural Landscapes of the Global South (Performance, LUMA Creative (Community Centre), Liverpool, 2022)
Belonging and Being British: Rethinking archives, objects, and narratives to confront the history of slavery & its legacies at Belonging and Being British: Rethinking archives, objects, and narratives to confront the history of slavery & its legacies (Workshop, International Slavery Museum, Archives Centre (NML), Walker Art Gallery, Bluecoat Gallery, 2022)
Museums Beyond Walls; Beyond Borders and Barriers at Museums Beyond Walls; Beyond Borders and Barriers (Workshop, University of Liverpool, 2022)
Civil Rights Struggle in America: Past, Present and Future. at Civil Rights Struggle in America: Past, Present and Future. (Workshop, Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, 2019)
UK Universities Studying Slavery (USS) First Meeting at UK Universities Studying Slavery (USS) First Meeting (Workshop, University of Liverpool, 2019)
Teaching American Studies & Digital Humanities in the UK, at Teaching American Studies & Digital Humanities in the UK, (Workshop, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, 2018)

Examination Roles

History PhD ()
University of Liverpool, History programme (PhD)

Expert Opinions

“West African Masquerades”; “The Middle Passage”; “Slave Narratives”; “Fight for Freedom and Equality Post 1940” “Legacies: Racism and Discrimination” ISM, Invited
Arts for Action application to HLF Sharing Heritage Scheme, Invited
• Listening to the Silences: Digitally Enhancing the Visibility of Enslaved Persons in South Carolina’s Historic Record, Council of Library and Information Resources Digitizing Hidden Collections and Archives Grant, Invited
From the Postcolonial to the Transnational: Reimagining Art Museums, Invited

External Administrative or Committee Roles

Member of University of Liverpool/ National Museums Liverpool Steering Group (International Slavery Museum)
Women's History Network Steering Committe (Women's History Network)
University representative on Barriers to Black Academia Working Group
University representative on Liverpool RESPECT Group
North American Conference on British Studies Committee, Invited (North American Conference on British Studies Committee)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

University Liaison with the UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commission (University)
Lead on the University of Liverpool and Historical Slavery Working Group (School / Institute)
PDR Reviewer (Department)
Department representative on university EDI committee (Department)
Research Seminar Convenor for CSIS (School / Institute)
Line Manager of PDRAs, Associate Professors, and Research Fellows for CSIS (School / Institute)

Organisations I have been associated with

Royal Albert Memorial Museum (2019 - present)
MASSOLIT (Films and Resources for Arts and Humanities) (2019 - present)
National Museums Liverpool (2018 - present)
Universities Studying Slavery (USS) (2018 - present)
The Washington Library (Teachers Institute) (2018 - present)
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation (2018 - present)
International Slavery Museum (2007 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

Universities Studying Slavery (Member , 2019 - present)
Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS) (Director , 2018 - present)
Southern Women's History Association (Member , 2018 - present)
Aurora Leadership Programme (Member, 2018 - present)
Southern Historical Association (Member, 2014 - present)
Kentucky Historical Society (Member , 2012 - present)
Women's History Network (Steering Committee/ Member , 2011 - present)
Filson Historical Association (Member , 2011 - present)
Higher Education Academy (Member, 2010 - present)
David Bruce Centre for American Studies (Member , 2009 - present)
British Association for American Studies (Member , 2007 - present)
Social Science and History Assiciation (Member , 2007 - present)
Virginia Historical Society (Member , 2005 - present)
American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (Member, 2004 - present)
British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (Member , 2004 - present)
British Group in Early American History (Member, 2003 - present)

Publication Reviews

Referee (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

Co- Director of the Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS). 2018-present
Lead for Student Recruitment and Admissions in History. 2016-2018