Tag: slavery studies

• Interview with Ana Lucia Araujo about Cambria Slavery Studies Series

  The following is a recent interview with Professor Ana Lucia Araujo (Howard University) about slavery studies. Professor Araujo is the general editor of the Cambria Slavery Studies Series. Question: Congratulations on being nominated as a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project! Could you please take us back a little…

  Cambria Press

  June 13, 2018

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Book Review, Cambria Press, History, Latin American Studies

  Africa and Latin America, Ana Lucia Araujo, history of slavery, impact of slavery, memory of slavery, slave legacy, slavery and society, slavery studies

• LASA 2014: Democracy and Memory

  The theme for this year’s LASA congress–democracy and memory–is a highly important one which presses scholars to consider critical questions regarding the impact of collective memory and institutional development. From the LASA website, these questions are: Does this past, shaped by collective memories that are themselves constructed of narratives, shared experiences, and interpretations of everyday…

  Cambria Press

  May 8, 2014

  Academic Libraries Book Recommendations, Africana Studies, Book Review, CHOICE Recommendation, Culture, Current Events, History, International Studies, Latin American Studies

  academic publisher, Africa, African diaspora, Ana Lucia Araujo, atlantic slave trade, Brazil, Brazilian and Latin American studies, Cambria Press, collective memory, cultural anthropology, democracy in Latin America, ethnic studies, LASA, LASA 2014 Democracy and Memory, Latin America, Latin American Studies Association, memory studies, public memory, slavery, slavery studies, testimonio