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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Joint Lecture
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SUMMARY:Weatherhead Initiative on Global History Joint Lecture
DESCRIPTION:<h2>“Reparatory Justice for Global Black Enslavement: The Greatest Political Movement of the 21st Century”</h2><h3>Speaker:</h3><p><strong>Sir Hilary Beckles</strong>, <em>Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indes; Chairman, Caribbean Community [CARICOM] Commission on Reparation and Social Justice.</em></p><p><em>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.</em></p><h3>Contact:</h3><p><strong>Jessica Barnard<br></strong>jbarnard@wcfia.harvard.edu<!--break--></p><h3>Introduction and Comments:</h3><p><strong>Sven Beckert</strong>, <em>Executive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate. </em>Laird Bell Professor of History, Harvard University.</p><p><strong>Vincent Brown</strong>, <em>Charles Warren Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.</em></p><p><strong>Annette Gordon-Reed</strong>, <em>Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study; Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Harvard Law School; Professor of History, Harvard University. </em></p><p><strong>Kenneth Mack</strong>, <em>Lawrence D. Biele Professor of Law, Harvard Law School.</em></p><h3>Bio:</h3><p>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.</p>
LOCATION:Harvard Law School, Austin Hall, 1515 Massachusetts Ave, Ames Moot Courtroom
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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DTEND:20160222T230000Z
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