In honour of the UN International Decade for People of African Descent 2015-2024, the Anton de Kom University of Suriname is hosting a virtual conference to connect inter-disciplinary experts as they explore how archaelogical heritage, broadly defined, contributes to the UN International Decade themes of recognition, justice and development.
The demand for reparations is as old as emancipation itself; however, the states that trafficked in slavery are not eager to apologize for slavery, much less compensate descendants of enslaved people or governments, considering that Britain borrowed a large sum to compensate former slave owners for the loss of their “property”.
Islamic architectural history mostly focuses on mosques with grand architecture built by princely patrons or designed by well-known, typically male architects. The exceptional history of women’s mosques in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, provides an important yet missing narrative of Muslim women’s participation in Islamic public space.