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Dr Inge Dornan
Acting Deputy Dean - CBASS / Divisional Lead / Reader in the History of Race and Gender

Marie Jahoda 228

Research area(s)

  • British slavery and slave trading in North America and the Caribbean c1700-1833
  • Gender and slavery
  • Child slavery
  • Slave literacy and education 
  • British and American abolition
  • Anti-Fallism and Imperialism

Research Interests

To date, my research has focused on the British slave trade, slavery, and abolition. 

I'm currently undertaking a research project with Dr Hannah Whittaker on the legacies of Empire in Britain, which explores the rise of anti-Fallism and the grassroots counter-campaigns that oppose the removal and toppling of imperial and slaver statues and monuments. 

Research grants and projects

Grants

Resistance and Rebellion (Breaking the Silence)
Funder: Arts Council England
Duration: May 2024 - May 2024

Theatrical Tour of immersive heritage performance on Black British History to Soham, Wisbech, and Cambridge.

Breaking the Silence, Cambridgeshire Tour 2024
Funder: University of Essex
Duration: May 2024 - May 2024

An immersive heritage theatre production about British slavery and abolition.

Breaking the Silence, National Tour
Funder: Arts Council England Small Grant
Duration: May 2021 - June 2021

A theatrical heritage production, drawing on Dr Dornan's research on British slavery and abolition and Professor Holly Maple's research on heritage and immersive theatre.

Breaking the Silence (National Tour)
Funder: Unity Theatre Trust
Duration: June 2020 - July 2020

An immersive heritage production on British slavery and abolition.

Project details

 

Brunel University London
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH

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