Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain

Akiko Tsuchiya and Aurélie Vialette (eds.) Albany: State University of New York Press, 2025. 320 pp. ISBN 9798855800845 (hardback) A review by Jo Labanyi, New York University As the editors of this volume note, Spain has been slow to recognize the human rights abuses, including slavery, resulting from its former empire, in part because of …

Transforming Liverpool’s Waterfront

Andrew Davies, University of Liverpool, and Nick White, Liverpool John Moores University1 Liverpool’s waterfront1 is currently undergoing major change as part of the Waterfront Transformation Project, a multi-million pound process coordinated by National Museums Liverpool with multiple funding bodies and significant community involvement2. This project seeks to reimagine the city’s historic docks and port in …