Joel Quirk is Professor in Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. His research focuses upon slavery and abolition, human mobility and human rights, repairing historical wrongs, and the history and politics of sub-Saharan Africa. Joel is currently a member of the International Scientific Committee of the UNESCO Slave Route Project, where he serves as Rapporteur. Your can follow him on twitter at @joelquirk.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe rhetoric and reality of ‘ending slavery in our lifetime’‘Modern-day abolitionists’ frame their activities as part of a shared global struggle, but there is no single...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIntroduction to this week's theme: beyond popular representations of trafficking and slaveryBeyond Trafficking and Slavery editors introduce their first themed issue, which explores how slavery and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryIntroduction: moving beyond popular representations of trafficking and slaveryBeyond Trafficking and Slavery editors introduce their first themed issue, which explores how slavery and...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryThe politics of exception: the bipartisan appeal of human traffickingContemporary abolitionism garners strong bipartisan support because it does not challenge major economic and...