Activity Type:
Lecture Series / Brown Bag
Date:
Wednesday, March 16, 2022 - 12:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Streaming Link:
Contact Person:
Kenny Reilly
Contact Email:
ker104@pitt.edu
Colonialism in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries left legacies of violence, displacement, and economic underdevelopment with which European states and countries formerly under European control continue to reckon. How are damages calculated? Will restitution and recompense lead to reconciliation and social justice? Join us for a discussion of the transnational politics and history of reparations.
Panelists:
Joshua Kwesi Aikins, Human Rights Activist/Public Scholar
Wes Alcenat, Fordham University
Verene A. Shepherd, University of the West Indies
Claire Greenstein, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Moderated by Allyson Delnore, University of Pittsburgh
UCIS Unit:
European Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Jean Monnet in the USA Network
Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence at Florida International University
Center for European Studies at the University of Florida
European Union Center at the University of Illinois
Center for European Studies at University of Texas-Austin
Center for European and Transatlantic Studies at Georgia Tech University
World Regions:
Europe
International
Is Event Already in University Calendar?:
No
Pitt Undergrads:
5
Pitt Grad Students:
3