Join Stratford Hall for the virtual lecture “Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery” with Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo.
Ana Lucia Araujo is Professor of History at the historically Black Howard University in Washington DC. She specializes in the history and memory of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade and is interested in the visual and material culture of slavery. Her recent books include The Gift: How Objects of Prestige Shaped the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024). In the United States, her work has been recently supported by fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Getty Research Institute, and the American Philosophical Society. She is a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project.
This is a free virtual lecture taking place on Zoom. Advance registration is required. The Zoom information will be shared prior to the event.
