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Walk With Web

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An academic-oriented international corporation with a mission to develop, support, and preserve digital Social Sciences and Humanities research.

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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Walk With Web has been awarded a €150,000 @erc.europa.eu Proof of Concept grant as a co-applicant on MAP4DMED, led by Lino Camprubí at the @unisevilla.us.es. The project explores a 4D approach to the Mediterranean Sea, connecting space, depth, and time to support research and governance.
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are co-hosting the FreedomNarratives.org relaunch symposium, Mapping Histories and Tracing Lives, on 7 Sept at King's College London and online. Join us to explore how digital tools can restore individual lives to historical records. Free registration: fn-launch.eventbrite.com
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The Connector Project launched its first research pilot, Overwriting–Underwriting, on 23 August at Museum of Liverpool. Walk With Web CEO Kartikay Chadha joined the panel following keynote by Professor Verene Shepherd, discussing digital approaches to histories of enslavement & their legacies.
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#BookRelease 📚 Becoming Sarah Forbes Bonetta by Henry B. Lovejoy is now out. The book traces Àìná’s journey from Yorùbáland to Victorian Britain, exploring slavery, empire, identity, and the making of an “African Princess.” utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/…
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Walk With Web is working with National Museums Liverpool as Digital Infrastructure Consultant for the Connector Project. On Slavery Remembrance Day launches its first research pilot, Overwriting–Underwriting, exploring the financial networks and systems that sustained transatlantic slavery.
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New research from our Board Director, Prof. Henry Lovejoy (@CUBoulder), maps 3,400+ documented captures linked to the maritime suppression of the African slave trade, 1800–1902, using data from LiberatedAfricans.org. 📖 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08…
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Read about Jessie Lu's (@McGill.edu MISt) practicum experience at Walk With Web, working with the Freedom Narratives team alongside Prof. Mégane Coulon (@SusquehannaU) and Prof. Érika Melek Delgado (@kingscollegelondon): walkwithweb.org/Page-Posts/jessie-j…
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Walk With Web's collaborator Prof. Ismael Montana recently met with senior archivists at PRAAD in Tamale, Ghana to explore partnership opportunities spanning digitization, preservation, and community access to historical records. 🌍
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We hosted Bianca Srivastava (@mcgill.edu MISt) for a practicum on the Tax (Majba) Fiscal Registers project with Prof. Ismael Montana (@niu.edu). Read full story here: walkwithweb.org/Page-Posts/bianaca-…
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
How do we restore the humanity behind the numbers of the trans-Atlantic slave trade? Register now to secure your spot for the re-launch of FreedomNarratives.org at King’s College London on Sept. 7, 2026, at 9:30 AM BST. You can also join the event online! fn-launch.eventbrite.com
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We are pleased to share that The Mejba Census Database of Enslaved and Free Blacks in Nineteenth-Century Tunisia is being added to the #RegID network. Directed by Prof. Ismael Montana at Northern Illinois University, the project is expected later this year. Stay tuned!
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Something exciting is coming soon from Walk With Web. #FreedomNarratives is preparing for launch. Watch Dr. Érika Melek Delgado introduce the project and how WWW can support future DH projects: youtu.be/Tl9OTs4iKg4 Comment below to know the launch date! #DigitalHumanities
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Freedom Narratives by Dr. Érika Melek Delgado
In this short video, Dr. Érika Melek Delgado, Director of Walk With Web Inc. and Lecturer in the History of Empire at King’s College London, introduces the F...
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Throwback to LiberatedAfricans.org, a digital database and archive created and supported by Walk With Web through the #RegID network. The website supports Dr. Henry B. Lovejoy’s research on “Liberated Africans,” abolition, and forced indenture after 1800. #DigitalHumanities
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Important work from @susquehannau.bsky.social: history students guided by Dr. Mégane Coulon, a collaborator of @walkwithweb.bsky.social, are helping recover stories and identities connected to the Transatlantic Slave Trade: www.susqu.edu/giving-voice... #FreedomNarratives
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Giving voice to the silenced histories of slavery - Susquehanna University
Stay up to date with the latest news, stories, and achievements from the Susquehanna University community.
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Now available on YouTube: the recording of Paul Théa’s book presentation, The Slave Trade in the Rio Pongo. The event explored Rio Pongo history, West Africa, the Atlantic slave trade, memory, resilience, and legacy. Watch here: youtu.be/KKNC5op89Yk
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In observance of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project will feature Paul Lovejoy and Corey Walker on Olaudah Equiano's journey. middlepassageproject.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) is a non-profit tax-exempt organization established in 2011 to honor the two million captive Africans who perished during the transatlantic...
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Discover doctoral research from the IRTG Frontiers of Belonging and explore growing range of publications highlighting work on displacement, refuge seeking, and hospitality. Explore current projects and publications at frontiersofbelonging.ca #FOB #SSHRC #DigitalHumanities
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We’ve made significant updates to the FOB website! Explore key milestones since the project’s launch in 2023 and see how it has evolved through research, collaboration, and capacity building across partner institutions. Visit: FrontiersOfBelonging.ca #DigitalHumanities #FOB
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
On March 10, join United Against Hate Canada to celebrate #HarrietTubmanDay, abolitionist and freedom fighter. Featuring guest speaker Paul E. Lovejoy, director of @walkwithweb.bsky.social, renowed historian and founding director of the Harriet Tubman Institute. Message for Zoom link.
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Explore African Canadian history with award-winning historian @nhenrydixon.bsky.social! Access open resources on Black Canadian histories and the African diaspora. Learn more at Teaching African Canadian History: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca . . . #BHM2026 #ProjectLaunch #DigitalHumanities
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Celebrating 100th anniversary of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're excited to launch Walk With Web's 2026 project: Teaching African Canadian History by @nhenrydixon.bsky.social. This website offers comprehensive resources on Black history in Canada and the African Diaspora. Visit: tach.natashahenrydixon.ca
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Walk With Web @walkwithweb.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Hello World! We’ve deployed our Bluesky presence. Follow us as we develop, support, and sustain digital research — bringing humanities into the cloud. Updates loading... stay tuned.
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