Lecture: Complicity - From Corporate Slavery Restitution to Repatriation of the Benin Bronzes

One of our course’s international experts and lived experience scholars, Deadria Farmer-Paellmann will be a guest speaker during the course’s public lecture series, providing an in-person Lecture and Reasoning session.

Deadria is a Founder and Executive Director of the 24-year-old New York-based Restitution Study Group, a renowned New York non-profit dedicated to reparatory justice, notably exposing corporate ties to slavery.

She will present a compelling exploration of the journey from exposing corporate complicity in slavery to advocating for the repatriation of Benin Bronzes to Afro-descendants, highlighting the intersections of justice, accountability, and cultural restitution.

Her advocacy led to apologies and restitution payments from major entities like Brown University and JPMorgan Chase. Inspired by her own family's history and driven by a commitment to justice, Deadria continues to champion the return of cultural artifacts and the rights of descendants of enslaved Africans worldwide.

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