Accepting Applications: 2019-2020 Short and Long-Term Fellowships
The Lapidus Center offers two long-term fellowships to assist scholars whose research on transatlantic slavery can benefit from extended access…
2018 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalists
2018 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalists The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is pleased to announce the…
Accepting Submissions: 2019 Harriet Tubman Book Prize
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery is pleased to announce the fourth annual Harriet Tubman Prize,…
2018-2019 Lapidus Center Fellows
We are pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Lapidus Center Fellows.The Lapidus residency program is designed to (1) encourage research and…
New Associate Director and Curator of the Lapidus Center
Michelle Commander joined the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture as Associate Director and Curator of the Lapidus Center…
Dr. Diouf Bids Farewell to the Schomburg Center
After sixteen years at the Schomburg Center and three years as inaugural director of the Lapidus Center, I am retiring.…
Questlove, Charlie Lewis, and the Last Slave Ship
“The eyes” said the artist Questlove as he stared at the photo of his ancestor Charlie Lewis. “We have the…
Manisha Sinha Wins the 2017 Frederick Douglass Book Prize
Congratulations to UConn Professor and Lapidus Center Advisor Manisha Sinha, winner of the 2017 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for her…
The Army and Slavery in the British Caribbean: Creating The West India Regiments 1795-1820
November 27, 2017 @ Noon Tim Lockley, “The Army and Slavery in the British Caribbean: Creating The West India Regiments 1795-1820”…
David Wheat Wins the 2017 Harriet Tubman Book Prize
The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is…