Center for the Study of Slavery
Center for the Study of Slavery

Events

The Center for the Study of Slavery hosts a variety of events throughout the academic year. Please see below for information about our upcoming events, as well as highlights from the past.

Upcoming Events

All Upcoming Events
A musician's hands play at a grand piano.

DC Emancipation Day 2026: Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Campus Walking TourApr. 16

  • 12:15 pm

Wade In The Water: DC Emancipation Day 2026 Musical Performance by Michaela HarrisonApr. 16

  • 6:00 pm
  • Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center

Down By The Riverside: DC Emancipation Day 2026 Waterfront CommemorationApr. 18

  • 10:00 am
  • Potomac Boat Club

Past Events and Activities

All past events
J.M.W. Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) (1840)

Slave Traders in the Family: A Black Historian Reckons with a Troubling Past

The Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies joined with Lauinger Library to host a talk by Dr. Elizabeth Herbin-Triant, Associate Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College,…

February 2, 2026

Georgetown Co-Hosts Catholic Religious Organizations Studying Slavery (CROSS) Conference

November 14, 2025

Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea

September 17, 2025

Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Walking Tour of the Georgetown campus

April 16, 2025

Dahlgren Chapel, a small brick steepled building, sits among a group of trees. In front of it is a large round water fountain.

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