Conversatory: Re-envisioning the Participation of the Spanish State in the Slave System

José Antonio Piqueras is a Professor of Contemporary History at Universitat Jaume I and director of the UNESCO Chair on Slavery and Afro-Descendance. Lydia Delicado Moratalla is a researcher and lecturer in the Department of Human Sciences and Education and Secretary of the Institute for Advanced Social Research I-COMMUNITAS at the Public University of Navarra. Rita Bosaho was General Director for Equal Treatment and Ethnic-Racial Diversity of the Ministry of Equality of the Government of Spain between 2020-2023.Cycle coordinated by Mercedes Jabardo.Licensed in Philosophy and PhD in Social Anthropology, Mercedes is a professor at UMH where she coordinates the doctoral program in "Applied Anthropology in Crisis Contexts" and is also the director of the Official Master's program "New Trends in Social Anthropology. Risk Scenarios and Post-Development Strategies". She researches African immigration to Spain, especially from Senegal, migrations and multiculturalism, the analysis of the sub-Saharan diaspora from a gender perspective, the analysis of economic transformations through migration, development and development cooperation, and Black feminisms.[embed]https://youtu.be/-FH19zvpSdQ[/embed]