Behind the Headlines | Returning Remains: Context, Consent, and Colonialism

The Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts and Humanities Research Institute

This Behind the Headlines discussion will be centred on custodianship and care of historic human remains.

Trinity Long Room Hub

Global conversations centred on custodianship and care of historic human remains provide the focus for the Trinity Long Room Hub’s latest Behind the Headlines discussion, which highlights the complexities and tensions surrounding the retention or reburial of human remains. As many international news sites have recently reported, Trinity College Dublin is currently working with inhabitants of Inishbofin Island to address the potential return of remains taken from the island in 1890 and stored for more than a century on campus.In this panel chaired by Dr Ciaran O&#x27;Neill from Trinity’s School of Histories and Humanities, we&#x27;ll hear from Dr Olof Ljungström, the Head of Department at the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm); Peggy King Jorde, the activist behind New York City&#x27;s African Burial Ground; Prof Samuel Redman, author of Bone Rooms (2016); and Evi Numen, the Curator for the Old Anatomy Museum at Trinity College Dublin.They hope to situate this case in a broader philosophical, moral, and cultural context, and to learn from four experts who will reflect on their own experience of negotiating questions of repatriation in the museum and university sectors.The webinar will begin at 7:00 pm. Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: chhamilt@tcd.ie

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