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6 December 2021

Representing Slavery. Comparing Museums in the UK, the Netherlands & Belgium

The Netherlands, Belgium and Britain are now beginning to explore their legacy of slavery. Catherine Newell looked at the representation of slavery and colonialism in her recent SURE project. She turned her findings into a podcast.
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La Cúpula, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires.
30 November 2021

Promoting gender equality in Latin America

SLC's Dr Lauren Rea launches a digital educational platform to promote gender equality amongst school children in Latin America.
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21 October 2021

Flying start in German Studies

What have we been up to in Germanic Studies? We are about a month into the year and here is a sample of student and staff events.

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University of Sheffield
Jessop West
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Sheffield
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