Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery

Our newest project, New World Royalists, is now up at new-world-royalists.ucl.ac.uk!

A breakthrough interactive digital humanities project on enslaved lives and communities in Port Royal Jamaica, the site gives new perspectives on past Black lives during and after British slavery.

Opportunities Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) is excited to announce 3 new roles on our groundbreaking Valuable Lives project!

🔍 Open roles:
• 2 x Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)
• 1 x Research Fellow (Digital Humanities)

🗓 Closing date: 23 Jan 2026

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Valuable Lives: Black Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in Jamaica Valuable Lives is a major CSLBS project aimed at creating the first and most comprehensive publicly available database on black lives under British slavery.

Job alert! For our latest project, Valuable Lives, we're looking for:
- a Research Fellow (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)
- 2 Research Assistants (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)

Application deadline: 23 January 2026

Find out more about this exciting project here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Valuable Lives: Black Unfreedom and the Collapse of Slavery in Jamaica Valuable Lives is a major CSLBS project aimed at creating the first and most comprehensive publicly available database on black lives under British slavery.

Job alert! For our latest project, Valuable Lives, we're looking for:
- a Research Fellow (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)
- 2 Research Assistants (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...)

Application deadline: 23 January 2026

Find out more about this exciting project here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

To read more about how we put New World Royalists together, sign up to our mailing list by emailing cslbs@ucl.ac.uk

Our newest project, New World Royalists, is now up at new-world-royalists.ucl.ac.uk!

A breakthrough interactive digital humanities project on enslaved lives and communities in Port Royal Jamaica, the site gives new perspectives on past Black lives during and after British slavery.

Welcome to CSLBS! www.ucl.ac.uk/history/rese...