Maeve McKeown

Aufenthalt

Oktober 2014‒August 2015

Forschungsthema

»Sollte Europa die Kariben für die Sklaverei entschädigen?«

Projektbeschreibung

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is proposing to sue former slave-owning European countries for reparations for slavery. This follows the successful Mau Mau case, in which over 5,000 Kenyans received compensation from the British government for torture suffered under the historic colonial regime. In this research project, I apply Iris Marion Young’s distinction between the »liability model« and »social connection model« of responsibility to CARICOM’s claim, developing the relationship between forward-looking and backward-looking responsibilities for historical injustice.

Wissenschaftliches Profil

Während ihres Fellowships am Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften schließt Maeve McKeown ihre Promotion am University College London ab. Ihre Dissertation trägt den Titel »Verantwortung ohne Schuld: Verantwortung für globale Ungerechtigkeit aus der Perspektive von Iris Young«.