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The Ameena Gafoor Institute for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies is dedicated to advancing understanding about indentureship and its global impacts. www.ameenagafoorinstitute.org
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It's #OAWeek! 📚

This week, we're proud to spotlight the Journal of Indentureship and Its Legacies, a #DiamondOpenAccess journal 💎

#OpenAccess means no fees or barriers, just open, accessible research for everyone 🔓

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October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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📕 New issue from the Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies on #ScienceOpen!

👉 A peer-reviewed scholarly journal by @pluto-journals.bsky.social in partnership with @gafoorinstitute.bsky.social, publishing academic essays and creative responses on the multidisciplinary study of #Indentureship.
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
The Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals in partnership with the Ameena Gafoor Institute for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies. Print ISSN: 2634-1999 / e-ISSN: 2634-2006
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September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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“My research also shows the Drax family made more money from slavery than was previously thought”

Op-ed for @uk.theconversation.com by @paullashmar.bsky.social author of Drax of Drax Hall
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Tracing the Drax family’s millions – a story of British landed gentry, slavery and sugar plantations
Journalist and historian Paul Lashmar has published extensive research into the wealthy and influential Drax family of Dorset.
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July 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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📢We're hiring a Part-Time Management Accountant📢

▪️ Remote
▪️ 2 half days/week
▪️ £35–45k pro-rata
▪️ Freelance or PAYE (flexible)

Join an innovative UK charity + support Pluto Journals, a #DiamondOpenAccess social science publisher.

🔗 Details & how to apply: plutoeducationaltrust.org/jobs
Jobs — The Pluto Educational Trust
Location: RemoteHours: Part-time (two half days per week, flexible, with potential for extension - to be discussed)Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 per annum (pro-rata, depending on experience, freelancer or PAYE- to be discussed)Reports to: Group Financial Controller
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July 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies, published by @pluto-journals.bsky.social in partnership with @gafoorinstitute.bsky.social, is a unique and unprecedented academic space where the study of #Indentureship can be analysed in all its forms: www.scienceopen.com/collection/P...
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies
<p>The <em>Journal for the Study of Indentureship and its Legacies</em> is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals in partnership with the Ameena Gafoor Institute for t...
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May 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Tonight, 5-7 pm at @qmul.ac.uk!

Join Prof Gaiutra Bahadur, author of #CoolieWoman, for a lecture on South Asian indentured workers to the West Indies, and their descendants' journey from Guyana to the USA.

📍 BLOC Cinema, E1 4PA
🎟️ Free tickets on Eventbrite

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CROLAC Public Lecture: The Things We Carried
Join Prof. Bahadur in discussing South Asian indentured workers to the West Indies, and their descendants' journey from Guyana to the U.S.
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May 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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💥FREE EBOOK!💥

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Because there's no liberation without trans liberation

Download your copy here: www.plutobooks.com/978074534941...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Tonight at 18:00! #CICCSchool #IndianIndenture
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Indian Indenture: Histories, Continuities

How did the system of Indian indenture operate in the British Empire and what are its legacies today?

🗓️ Thu 17 Apr 2025
🕕 18:00-20:00 BST
📍 Ambika P3, London

#CICCSchool #IndianIndenture

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Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC) - Serpentine Galleries
Serpentine is pleased to present a new chapter of the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (CICC), titled The British East India Company on Trial.
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April 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Andil Gosine's Nature’s Wild exhibition at the #ArtMuseumOfTheAmericas was cancelled.

"The decision to pull the exhibits coincided with an executive order issued by the Trump administration..."

#AndilGosine #AMA #DiversityEquityInclusion #DEI

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‘I was in shock’: DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown
Art Museum of the Americas’ abrupt cancellation after anti-diversity order is ‘how fascism unfolds’, curator says
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March 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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We strongly object to the cancellation of Dr. Andil Gosine’s exhibition, Nature’s Wild, which was scheduled to open in the next couple of weeks at the Art Museum of the Americas (AMA) in Washington, DC.

Please read our statement here: drive.google.com/file/d/1nUhR...
AGI Statement.pdf
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March 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Register to join Guyana SPEAKS via Zoom on Sunday, 30 March 2025 at 3:30 pm UK time for Berbice River Women. We will be celebrating three acclaimed women writers: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie.

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Berbice River Women
Join Guyana SPEAKS for a celebration of three published women writers from Berbice, Guyana: Maggie Harris, Sharon Correia and Cosmata Lindie
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March 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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📢 Call for Submissions: Brij V. Lal Prize📢

The prize, in memory of Prof Brij V. Lal, honours the best journal article on Indian indentureship, Girmit & Girmitya, and its legacies.

📅 Deadline: 15 May 2025
📖 Published in 2023/24? Submit your article!

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March 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM