We hold a range of public events throughout the academic year in Oriel Chambers, our lovely Institute building at 27, High Street, Hull, HU1 1NE. This year we are planning to live-stream these events whenever possible, so that they are open to a wider audience. For details of how to get to the Institute, or for more information about live-streaming, please contact Beki Bloomfield at or Judith Spicksley at
We open our doors fifteen minutes before events begin to offer you refreshments. We also encourage you to stay behind afterwards for a glass of wine and a chat with our speakers.
More details of individual events and live-streaming links will be provided on the ‘Events’ page as they approach. Below you will find a list of forthcoming events.
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Public Lecture Programme PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL THE AUTUMN
4.00PM GMT Thursday January 27, 2022
Who: Professor Matthew Smith, University College, London
Title: Righting History: Why Teaching Slavery Matters
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM GMT Thursday February 10, 2022
Who: What’s going on at the Wilberforce Institute? A look at our postgraduate research.
Title: Former and current students talk about their PhD project
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM GMT Thursday March 3, 2022
Who: Dr Bruce Ragsdale, former director of the US Federal Judicial History Office
Title: Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM GMT Thursday March 17, 2022
Who: Dr Filipa Ribeiro da Silva, Senior Researcher at the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam
Title: TBC
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM GMT Thursday March 24, 2022
Who: Dr Lucy Mayblin, University of Sheffield
Title: Criminal assistance: Understanding Crimes of Solidarity
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM BST Thursday April 7, 2022
Who: Dr Sheryllynne Haggerty, Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull
Title: Tales of the Enslaved in Jamaica, 1756
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM GMT Thursday April 28, 2022
Who: Professor Geraldine van Bueren, Queen Mary University, London
Title: Class Discrimination and Children’s Rights
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Public Lecture Programme
4.00PM BST Thursday May 12, 2022
Who: Dr Virginia Morrow, Visiting Professor at University College, London
Title: Understanding children’s work: evidence from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
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