International Conferences
Organizing Committee. “Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade”. York University, Canada (2017).
The “Liberated Africans and the Abolition of the Slave Trade” featured several papers and discussions on African History, Digital Humanities and African Diasporas. This conference was supported by a SSHRC Connections Grant and the conference proceedings were edited by Henry Lovejoy and Richard Anderson and published by University of Rochester Press.
Organizing Committee. “Black Lives Matter: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Black Liberation and Activism.” York University, Canada (2016).
The conference “Black Lives Matter: Contemporary and Historical Perspectives on Black Liberation and Activism”, organized by graduate students from the Harriet Tubman Institute, highlighted the development of liberation and activism among African-descended people in historical and contemporary settings.
Organizing Committee. “Freedom Narratives or the African Diasporas (4° SHADD Meeting)”. SSHRC. York University, Canada (2018).
Director and organizer. “Curso de patrimônio e educação em História e cultura afro-brasileira e indígena: ciclo de debates e palestras”. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UPFE / Núcleo de Estudos Afro-Brasileiros - NEAB, Brazil (2015).
Organizing Committee. “I Jornada Internacional de História Africana e Afro-Brasileira. Encontros Atlânticos”. Fundação Joaquim Nabuco - FUNDAJ, Brazil (2014).
International conference focused on African History, Diasporas and Memory. The Portuguese language special educational editions of the UNESCO General History of Africa were launched as the concluding activity for the event.