26 January 2010, Chawton House, Hampshire

A half-day workshop hosted by an AHRC Landscape and Environment project on The Indian Ocean in collaboration with History at the School of Humanities, University of Southampton.

Programme

2.30 Welcome and introduction: Dr Stephanie Jones (English, University of Southampton) and Dr Christer Petley (History, University of Southampton)

2.45 'The Royal Navy's anti-slavery cause in the Atlantic Ocean: morality, identity and beliefs': Mary Wills (Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull)

3.15 Response: Professor Miles Ogborn (Geography, Queen Mary, University of London)
3.30 Questions and discussion
4.00 Tea/coffee
4.30 'Anti-slavery and the Royal Navy: British conceptions of slave-trading in the western Indian Ocean, 1860-1890':  Lindsay Doulton (Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull)

5.00 Response: Professor Gwyn Campbell (History, and Director of the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University)
5.15 Questions and discussion
5.45 General and comparative discussion
6.30 Drinks and three-course dinner

Registration

Cost: £5 to attend the workshop OR £40 to attend the workshop + drinks/dinner

For more information and to register please go to the University of Southampton website.