Guno Jones appointed as Assistant Professor Anton de Kom Chair

The Executive Board of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has appointed Guno Jones as Assistant Professor to the 'Anton de Kom Chair in the History of Colonialism and Slavery and Their Contemporary Social, Cultural, and Legal Impact,' effective from December 1st. The chair is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was established in consultation with the Anton de Kom Foundation and the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS). The chair focuses on the historical processing of the Dutch slavery past and is a gesture from the Dutch government for the rehabilitation of Anton de Kom. Building on De Kom's ideas, the chair bridges the gap between the Netherlands and Suriname and between Humanities and Law. The chair encompasses the colonial past in a broad sense, including the slavery past, in the study of historical and contemporary societal issues, with special attention to themes such as legal equality, lack of rights and legal restoration, migration, racism, and discrimination, citizenship, and processes of inclusion and exclusion. The chair aims to intensify cooperation with the Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Assistant Professor Guno Jones carries out the work partly from VU Amsterdam and partly from AdeKUS.