Posted on September 8, 2022 by Nick Ward
Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA), will join collaborators in Australia as part of an international project exploring the trans-Pacific slave trade.
Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez
APRIL 26, 2022 — Jorge Felipe-Gonzalez, an assistant professor in the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA), will join collaborators in Australia as part of an international project exploring the trans-Pacific slave trade.
The project, led by the University of South Wales in Australia, is key to discovering the origins of non-native populations that now live in the South Pacific as a result of forced migration. It will showcase the sophisticated nature of UTSA’s contemporary research programs and the need for highly specialized researchers around the world who can help individuals trace the roots of their lost family members. Additionally, it will support communities that have been impacted by the slave trade.
The international team received a year-long, $332,000 AUD ($247,000 USD) research grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the country’s equivalent of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The slave study is part of a larger fund from the ARC Discovery Projects Scheme, which has allocated $258.6 million AUD (more than $191 million USD) for 587 new projects over the next five years.
Read more at UTSA TODAY.
— Nick Ward
