Eine Wissenschaftlerin und ein Wissenschaftler arbeiten hinter einer Glasfassade und mischen Chemikalien mit Großgeräten.
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JOSEPH C. MILLER MEMORIAL LECTURE: RECORDINGS

The BCDSS flagship lecture series is recorded weekly and made available online through the BCDSS YouTube channel. The lectures cover a wide range of topics and are delivered by scholars from around the world. The recordings offer a vast and varied collection of inter- and transdisciplinary reference points for communicating the concept of strong asymmetrical dependency to a wider academic audience.

Recordings

Romina Zamora: Slavery and indigenous servitude in the southern Andes, from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth centuries

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Dan-el Padilla Peralta: The Epistemics of Mass Enslavement: Some Initial Hypotheses

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Manuel Barcia Paz: The Art of Healing. African Medical Practitioners in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

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Upcoming Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lectures
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Monday May 04, 2026
Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Rachel Zelnick-Abramovitz
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04:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Is manumission truly a transition to complete independence? While we usually view "slave" and "free" as absolute states, historical evidence of partial ...
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Monday Apr 27, 2026
Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Jake Subryan Richards
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04:15 PM
What happens when the end of the slave trade doesn't lead to freedom, but to a new form of bondage? In our next lecture with Jake Subryan Richards, he will ...
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Monday Apr 20, 2026
Joseph C. Miller Memorial Lecture by Temitope Fagunwa
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04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
How did Black symbolism become central to European apothecary culture? This lecture with Temitope Fagunwa, argues that this imagery resulted from three ...