Events

2026

Wednesday, February 4, 7pm

In-person event: Politics & Prose book launch with Cassandra Good, Connecticut Ave Location, Washington D.C.

Thursday, February 12, 5pm

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” 2025 Elske v.P. Smith Distinguished Lecture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Wednesday, February 25, 6pm

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” Wilton House Museum, Richmond, VA.

Monday, March 2, 12pm

Remote lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” Meet VCU’s Authors, Humanities Research Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

Wednesday, March 25, 12pm

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” The Library of Virginia, Richmond, VA.

Saturday, April 11, 1pm

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute, The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

Tuesday, April 28, 12pm

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” The Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond, VA.

2025

October 29

Public lecture: “The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas,” Wake Forest University.

May 7-9

In-person, closed symposium—European Monarchies, Colonialism and Slavery: “The British Monarchy’s Foundational Role in Colonialism and Slavery,” Leiden University.

2024

Thursday, February 22, 6pm

In-person/remote event: “The Queen’s Silence: Tracing the British Monarchy’s Ties to Slavery in the Archives,” American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

2023

Tuesday, October 3, 12pm 
In-person/remote event: "The Queen's Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery," American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 8, 2pm
In-person event: “The Archive of Slavery and the Institution of the Monarchy,” University of Oxford, Centre for Global History. 

Wednesday, May 17, 5pm BST.
In-person event: “Slavery, Reparations, and the British Monarchy,” Large and Liberal Atonement: William Wilberforce’s Unfinished Legacy, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster.  

Friday, May 5, 11am EST.
Remote Event: “The History and Uncertain Future of the British Monarchy,” Coronation Webinar, University of Pennsylvania. 

Wednesday, April 12, 10:30am EST
Remote Event: “Slavery, Reparative Justice, and the British Monarchy,” Slave Legacy History Coalition.

Friday, March 9, 7pm EST
In-person event: “The Queen’s Silence: The Archive of Slavery and the British Monarchy,” MacDowell.

2022

Monday, July 25, 12pm BST.
In-person event: “Slavery, the Royal Family, and the Abolition Debate,” Eccles Centre, The British Library. 

Saturday, April 23, 5pm EST.
In-person event: “Inclusivity, Equity, and Representation in the Field of British Studies,” Plenary Roundtable, Mid-Atlantic Conference on British Studies.

Thursday, March 31, 12pm BST.
Remote event: “Gender, Slavery, and Kinship in the British Caribbean,” Wilberforce Institute of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull.

Friday, February 25, 12pm EST.
In-person event: “British Historians in the Media,” North American Conference on British Studies.