Professors Hooker, Makalani, Bryant and Threadcraft were a part of the original convening. Professor Melynda Price joined the second workshop. For the third workshop we invited scholars whose work has influenced us whose work we are in with whose work we would like to be in greater conversation.
On July 3rd we visited The Musée d’Aquitaine. It was of particular interest for our group. The museum’s Modern Era exhibit added new permanent rooms in 2009. The first space illustrates the role of the town of Bordeaux in 18th century France. The second space ties Bordeaux’s prosperity to its participation in the transatlantic slave trade. The third space outlines the organization of slavery in the Caribbean. The fourth space relates to the struggle for abolition.
On July 4th we visited Chateau La Dominique. Note that it is Chateau La Dominique and not Chateau Dominique. Here the article “la” signified its interest to the group and the presence ubiquity of the black presence in France. “Called “Durieu” in the early 17th century, the property was acquired by the Glenne family and named “Dominique” by Jacques and Isabeau Micheau in 1690. A subsequent owner, merchant Henri Greloud, added the definite article “La” in the mid-19th century. He is said to have done so because of his love for the Caribbean island of Dominica (or “La Dominique” in French).”
Source: “Vision” https://chateau-ladominique.com/en/nuances/vision
On July 5th we toured sites connected to the history of the transatlantic slave trade with the Association Mémoires et Partages. Adriana Girol, a law student at Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, stepped in heroically at the last minute after Karfa Diallo, founder of Mémoires et Partages became ill. We are very grateful to her. The association came out of a joint effort of DiversCités and the Association de Préfiguration de la Fondation du Mémorial de la Traite des Noirs. The latter organization worked from 1998 to 2015 for the defense and rehabilitation of the memory of the slave trade and slavery in Bordeaux.
Source: https://www.mmoe.llc.ed.ac.uk/en/association/m%C3%A9moires-et-partages
On July 6th and 7th, we held panels on:
The event was co-sponsored by the Vanderbilt Dean’s Office, Vanderbilt’s Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy Department, the Johns Hopkins Center for Africana Studies, and the Margeurite Casey Foundation
Special thanks to Professor Naa Oyo A. Kwate for location, translation and logistical support.
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