Tackling modern slavery together
March 10, 2017
The University of Nottingham and the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s office will be working together to tackle slavery across the UK as part of a new collaborative project. Abolishing modern slavery is at the centre of the Prime Minister Teresa May’s personal policy agenda. Government policy to date has mainly focused on the implications for foreign …
University celebrated in New Year Honours
December 31, 2016
Two members of The University of Nottingham have been recognised by The Queen in the New Year Honours. Shona Powell, Director of Nottingham Lakeside Arts, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her work in the arts- most notably transforming the University of Nottingham’s arts centre and museum …
Modern day slavery: leading expert to speak at Nottingham
March 5, 2013
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the emancipation of slaves in the US. Despite this, slavery has not been consigned to the history books and still endures in many parts of our modern world. Professor Zoe Trodd, Professor of American Literature in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, looks ahead to an event …
Celebrate 150 years since the end of slavery in the US
January 25, 2013
Professor Zoe Trodd from Nottingham’s Department of American and Canadian Studies fills us in on how the department is celebrating the 150th anniversary of slave emancipation. This month marks the 150th anniversary of the US Emancipation Proclamation. Signed and issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the American civil war on January 1 1863, the order proclaimed …
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