# Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Joint Lecture #### calendar\_today Date and Time **February 22, 2016** 04:00PM - 06:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Harvard Law School, Austin Hall, 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Ames Moot Courtroom** ## “Reparatory Justice for Global Black Enslavement: The Greatest Political Movement of the 21st Century” ### Speaker: **Sir Hilary Beckles**, *Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indes; Chairman, Caribbean Community \[CARICOM\] Commission on Reparation and Social Justice.* *Co-sponsored by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, and the Program on the Study of Capitalism, Harvard University.* ### Contact: **Jessica Barnard** ### Introduction and Comments: **Sven Beckert**, *Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate.* Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University. **Vincent Brown**, *Charles Warren Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.* **Annette Gordon-Reed**, *Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study; Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Harvard Law School; Professor of History, Harvard University.* **Kenneth Mack**, *Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.* ### Bio: Sir Hilary Beckles has been at the forefront of an international legal effort for reparations from European slave-trading nations. He is a prolific scholar, a committed activist for social justice, and among the most distinguished public intellectuals in the Caribbean. See also:- [ 2015–2016 ](/academic-year/2015-2016) - [ Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global History ](/event-categories/weatherhead-initiative-global-history) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/node/647326/event-feed.ics) Copy link link