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The Ameena Gafoor Institute for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies is dedicated to advancing understanding about indentureship and its global impacts. www.ameenagafoorinstitute.org

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Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations Journalist and historian Paul Lashmar has published extensive research into the wealthy and influential Drax family of Dorset.

“My research also shows the Drax family made more money from slavery than was previously thought”

Op-ed for @uk.theconversation.com by @paullashmar.bsky.social author of Drax of Drax Hall
theconversation.com/tracing-the-...

18.07.2025 13:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Jobs — The Pluto Educational Trust Location: RemoteHours: Part-time (two half days per week, flexible, with potential for extension - to be discussed)Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 per annum (pro-rata, depending on experience, freelancer or PAYE- to be discussed)Reports to: Group Financial Controller

📢We're hiring a Part-Time Management Accountant📢

▪️ Remote
▪️ 2 half days/week
▪️ £35–45k pro-rata
▪️ Freelance or PAYE (flexible)

Join an innovative UK charity + support Pluto Journals, a #DiamondOpenAccess social science publisher.

🔗 Details & how to apply: plutoeducationaltrust.org/jobs

15.07.2025 15:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies <p>The <em>Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies</em> is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals in partnership with the Ameena Gafoor Institute for t...

The Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies, published by @pluto-journals.bsky.social in partnership with @gafoorinstitute.bsky.social, is a unique and unprecedented academic space where the study of #Indentureship can be analysed in all its forms: www.scienceopen.com/collection/P...

27.05.2025 10:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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CROLAC Public Lecture: The Things We Carried Join Prof. Bahadur in discussing South Asian indentured workers to the West Indies, and their descendants' journey from Guyana to the U.S.

Tonight, 5-7 pm at @qmul.ac.uk!

Join Prof Gaiutra Bahadur, author of #CoolieWoman, for a lecture on South Asian indentured workers to the West Indies, and their descendants' journey from Guyana to the USA.

📍 BLOC Cinema, E1 4PA
🎟️ Free tickets on Eventbrite

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crolac-pub...

15.05.2025 11:16 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Promotional graphic for a free ebook from Pluto Press. The image features the book cover of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, which has a gradient background of orange, pink, and purple. To the right of the book cover, large white text reads “FREE EBOOK,” with the Pluto Press logo and name beneath it. The background is a solid mauve color.

Promotional graphic for a free ebook from Pluto Press. The image features the book cover of Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift, which has a gradient background of orange, pink, and purple. To the right of the book cover, large white text reads “FREE EBOOK,” with the Pluto Press logo and name beneath it. The background is a solid mauve color.

💥FREE EBOOK!💥

This book is a transfeminist call for collective liberation.

Because there's no liberation without trans liberation

Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...

16.04.2025 16:00 — 👍 55    🔁 59    💬 2    📌 4

Tonight at 18:00! #CICCSchool #IndianIndenture

17.04.2025 10:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) - Serpentine Galleries Serpentine is pleased to present a new chapter of the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC), titled The British East India Company on Trial.

Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities

How did the system of Indian indenture operate in the British Empire and what are its legacies today?

🗓️ Thu 17 Apr 2025
🕕 18:00-20:00 BST
📍 Ambika P3, London

#CICCSchool #IndianIndenture

More info: www.eventbrite.com/e/cicc-schoo...

10.04.2025 13:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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‘I was in shock’: DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown Art Museum of the Americas’ abrupt cancellation after anti-diversity order is ‘how fascism unfolds’, curator says

Andil Gosine's Nature’s Wild exhibition at the #ArtMuseumOfTheAmericas was cancelled.

"The decision to pull the exhibits coincided with an executive order issued by the Trump administration..."

#AndilGosine #AMA #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

27.03.2025 12:34 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
AGI Statement.pdf

We strongly object to the cancellation of Dr. Andil Gosine’s exhibition, Nature’s Wild, which was scheduled to open in the next couple of weeks at the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) in Washington, DC.

Please read our statement here: drive.google.com/file/d/1nUhR...

13.03.2025 19:18 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Berbice River Women Join Guyana SPEAKS for a celebration of three published women writers from Berbice, Guyana: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie

Register to join Guyana SPEAKS via Zoom on Sunday, 30 March 2025 at 3:30 pm UK time for Berbice River Women. We will be celebrating three acclaimed women writers: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/berbice-ri...

09.03.2025 19:21 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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📢 Call for Submissions: Brij V. Lal Prize📢

The prize, in memory of Prof Brij V. Lal, honours the best journal article on Indian indentureship, Girmit & Girmitya, and its legacies.

📅 Deadline: 15 May 2025
📖 Published in 2023/24? Submit your article!

ameenagafoorinstitute.org/brij-v-lal-p...

06.03.2025 16:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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