Perspectives on Historical and Contemporary Ransoming Practices, Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, York University, Toronto, on October 25-26, 2013
We are inviting proposals for a two-day Workshop on historical and contemporary ransoming practices in Africa, Europe, and Asia, to be held at the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, York University, Toronto, on October 25-26, 2013. This Workshop is in accordance with the mandate of the UNESCO Slave Route Project to establish a Research Network for the study of slavery in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Indian Ocean. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the journal, African Economic History, and as an edited volume to be published in the Harriet Tubman Series on the African Diaspora