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"Slavery and International Law: Historical and Contemporary"

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"Slavery and International Law: Historical and Contemporary"

College of Arts and Humanities | History | Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies Wednesday, February 3, 2016 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Taliaferro Hall, 2110

Please join us on Tuesday, February 4th at 4pm in Taliaferro Hall 2110 for a talk by Dr. Keila Grinberg on "Slavery and International Law: Historical and Contemporary."

 

When the Atlantic Slave Trade was coming to an end in Brazil in the 1850s, a new form of trafficking was starting between the borders of Brazil and its neighboring countries. Free persons, mainly women and children living in small communities in Uruguay and Argentina, were kidnapped to be sold as slaves in Brazil. This lecture will address cases of kidnapping and illegal enslavement, its effects in the making of South American International Law and its impacts on the concept of human trafficking.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Keila Grinberg is Associate Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and a researcher at The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil). She has been a visiting professor at Northwestern University (2009) and the University of Michigan (2011-2012), and a Tinker Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago (2015-2016). Her new project examines 19th century cases of kidnapping and illegal enslavement in the Southern Brazilian border and their larger effects on the making of South American international relations.

 

 

 

 

 

Wine and cheese will be served. To RSVP contact millercenter@umd.edu or 301-405-4299.

 

Add to Calendar 02/03/16 4:00 PM 02/03/16 6:00 PM America/New_York "Slavery and International Law: Historical and Contemporary"

Please join us on Tuesday, February 4th at 4pm in Taliaferro Hall 2110 for a talk by Dr. Keila Grinberg on "Slavery and International Law: Historical and Contemporary."

 

When the Atlantic Slave Trade was coming to an end in Brazil in the 1850s, a new form of trafficking was starting between the borders of Brazil and its neighboring countries. Free persons, mainly women and children living in small communities in Uruguay and Argentina, were kidnapped to be sold as slaves in Brazil. This lecture will address cases of kidnapping and illegal enslavement, its effects in the making of South American International Law and its impacts on the concept of human trafficking.

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Keila Grinberg is Associate Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and a researcher at The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil). She has been a visiting professor at Northwestern University (2009) and the University of Michigan (2011-2012), and a Tinker Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago (2015-2016). Her new project examines 19th century cases of kidnapping and illegal enslavement in the Southern Brazilian border and their larger effects on the making of South American international relations.

 

 

 

 

 

Wine and cheese will be served. To RSVP contact millercenter@umd.edu or 301-405-4299.

 

Taliaferro Hall