2025 Annual A B Emden Lecture: Slavery and capitalism across the C18 Atlantic world
Please note: this lecture will be recorded and published on St Edmund Hall’s digital and print communication platforms where appropriate.

Catherine Hall is Emerita Professor of History and Chair of the Centre of the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at UCL. She has written extensively on the history of Britain, gender and empire including Family Fortunes (1987), co-authored with Leonore Davidoff, Civilising Subjects (2002), Macaulay and Son (2012) and, with others, Legacies of British Slave-ownership (2014). From 2009-16 she was principal investigator on the LBS project www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs. Her latest book is Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the history of racial capitalism (2024).
Date: 24 January 2025, 17:30
Venue: St Edmund Hall, Queen's Lane OX1 4AR
Venue Details: The Jarvis Doctorow Hall
Speaker: Professor Catherine Hall (UCL)
Organiser contact email address: andrea.diss@seh.ox.ac.uk
Part of: A B Emden Lectures
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-b-emden-lecture-2025-tickets-1067432622709?aff=oddtdtcreator
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark