International Slavery Studies

The redesigned International Slavery Studies program at the University of Liverpool addresses a growing interest, nationally and internationally, in the histories and afterlives of transatlantic slavery, including questions of activism, resistance and protest. The MA also provides for the increasing numbers of students who seek to study modern slavery in terms of its relationship to migration, human rights and other forms of unfree labour.

Key facts

• The program proposes two pathways in historical and modern slavery. Your seminars, research and tutorials will range broadly, challenging you to analyse historical forms of slavery, to critique modern responses to human trafficking, to evaluate the legacies and memorialisation of slavery in contemporary society, and to apply critical and literary theories to representations of slavery. Drawing expertise from researchers across the institution, students will benefit from our unique relationship with the International Slavery Museum.

• You will work with the Museum’s staff to study the commemoration and memorialisation of slavery, while the broader MA program is a flagship activity for the Centre for the Study of International Slavery – a long-standing venture between the Museum and the University. As members of the Centre, students will meet the international speakers in our seminar series and at our conferences, presenting cutting edge research for criticism and debate.

Courses include:

• Studying Slavery: Themes And Concepts
• Political Science Research Methods
• Modern Slavery, Forced Labour And Human Rights
• International Slavery Dissertation Proposal
• Anticolonial Legacies In International Politics
• International Slavery Dissertation