Former Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Anne Marie Hagen, currently an associate professor in English at the Norwegian Defence University College, writes about the journey to publication for her new edited collection.

We are delighted that many current and former friends of IASH will be presenting work across the Festivals in 2022. From theatre to poetry to politics, there is something for everyone! We heartily recommend checking out these shows and events.

The Research and Engagement Working Group (REWG) on Engaging with the University of Edinburgh’s Historical Links to African Enslavement and Colonialism and their Racial Legacies Today was set up in January 2022 in response to the Principal’s announcement that the University of Edinburgh (UoE) would begin a bold decolonization and reparatory justice programme dedicated looking at ‘issues of race, contemporary racism, Eurocentric and Afriphobic aspects of our curriculum and features of the University’s history’ (January 2021).