1 March 2026

We welcome graduate students working on topics related to early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate in a one-day graduate seminar on Thursday 22 October 2026 at the KITLV in Leiden, The Netherlands. The KITLV is a research institute dedicated to the study of societal challenges, focusing on the histories and afterlives of colonialism in the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, and the Netherlands.

Graduate workshop Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation

The graduate workshop offers the opportunity for PhD candidates at different stages of their projects to present a chapter, an article draft, or research paper in a small and specialized setting. Participants can expect to receive constructive feedback from peers and invited senior scholars in the field.

The workshop aims to foster open discussion across imperial and linguistic contexts and methodological approaches and welcomes contributions at different stages of completion. The seminar will take place at the KITLV, Leiden. 

Please notify your interest to participate by emailing your tentative proposal before March 30th. Papers will be circulated among the participants in October. 

This seminar is organized in tandem with the workshop Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions: Slave revolts, their non-slave participants and proto-citizenship on Friday 23 October 2026.

Timeline

Deadline for abstracts (1 page): 30 March 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 
Deadline of papers: 28 September 2026, please send to: negron@kitlv.nl 
Date graduate workshop: 22 October 2026.

Venue

KITLV, Herta Mohr building, room 1.30, Witte Singel 27 A, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Extra information

Participants are welcome to attend the dinner on Thursday 22 October and the workshop on Friday 23 October (free of charge). Lunch and coffee/tea are provided. Unfortunately, we cannot cover travel or accommodation expenses at this time.

Contact

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or doubts.
Ramona Negrón: negron@kitlv.nl
Karwan Fatah-Black: k.j.fatah@hum.leidenuniv.nl 

For the original call, click here.