Cambridge: Academics and Empire Walking Tour – East Midlands, United Kingdom

EXPERIENCE:

Join researchers at the University of Cambridge for a unique walking tour that explores the historic connections between the University of Cambridge and the British Empire.

This tour outlines local entanglements with the transatlantic slave trade, Eugenics, and takes a close look at controversies surrounding museum collections and the development of certain academic disciplines at Cambridge.

Through questions and discussion, participants will learn more about the local context behind on-going legacies of imperialism and will reflect on current issues of equality, academic subjectivity, and historical relevance.

Tour will finish inside the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Accessibility: Mostly flat terrain, no steps, but with some cobblestoned streets in the city centre.

Content note: This tour will include discussions of violence, enslavement, colonialism, and discrimination.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Discuss the rich and turmultous history of Cambridge University
Explore the complex connections between Cambridge and the British Empire
Discover the historic center with its beautiful buildings and churches
Learn about Cambridge’s connections to the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Question the present-day legacies of the imperial past in the modern city

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