[Still studying us...] Two University of Bristol archaeologists are part of EUROTAST, a new European-funded network which will bring together an unprecedented range of young researchers to examine one of the most traumatic chapters in world history: the transatlantic slave trade. ...Funded through the Marie Curie Actions, the EUROTAST network will support 15 young researchers based at 10 partner institutions, including Bristol, in 7 European countries. The researchers will be recruited from a wide range of disciplines, including history, archaeology, genetics and social anthropology. Professor Tom Gilbert from the Centre for GeoGenetics in Copenhagen who is leading the EUROTAST project said: “One of the really exciting things about the project is the level of collaboration between academics in Europe and other parts of the Atlantic world. We are thrilled to have the participation of specialists from West Africa and the Caribbean, as the main aim of the network is to explore our common history and to investigate the persisting long-term legacies of racial slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.” heritagedaily/2011/12/e4-3-million-project-to-examine-history-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade/17184
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:24:15 +0000