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Event organized by the Race in the Americas Group and the School of Comparative American Studies

The Race in the Americas (R.I.T.A.) Group is pleased to announce its inaugural conference, which will provide a platform for the interdisciplinary discussion of research centred on race in the Americas. This will be the first in a series of events organised by the network, the aim being to build up the network for interdisciplinary, collaborative research and publication of the resulting research.

This event is supported with the financial assistance of the Institute for the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ of the Americas, School of Advanced ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ.

Confirmed participants

• Dr Gurminder Bhambra, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
• Professor Rebecca Earle, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
• Dr Lucy Evans, University of Leicester
• Professor Desmond King, University of Oxford: Keynote Speaker
• Dr George Lewis, University of Leicester
• Dr Stephanie Lewthwaite University of Nottingham
• Professor Sharon Monteith University of Nottingham
• Professor Emeritus, Guy Thomson, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
• Dr Shirley Tate, University of Leeds
• Dr Deborah Toner, University of Leicester
• Dr Fabienne Viala, University of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
• Professor Clive Webb, University of Sussex

To register for this event please go to