Finger Lakes Community College will bring a leading global expert on human trafficking and forced labor to a virtual audience later this month, offering a closer look at how modern slavery intersects with broader global issues.
Kevin Bales, a professor of contemporary slavery at the University of Nottingham, is scheduled to speak at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, April 30, as part of the college’s ongoing History, Culture and Diversity Series.
Bales’ presentation, titled “Modern Slavery and its Tangled Relationships,” will examine the complex systems that allow modern slavery to persist and its connections to other global challenges. The talk will be accessible through a link on the FLCC events calendar and streamed on the college’s YouTube channel and the Finger Lakes TV network.
A widely recognized scholar in the field, Bales co-founded the nonprofit Free the Slaves and has spent decades researching and advocating against human trafficking and forced labor. His 1999 book, “Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy,” was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and has been translated into multiple languages.
His more recent work explores the link between environmental destruction and human exploitation, including his 2016 book “Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World.”
The event is organized by Robert Brown, professor of history at FLCC, as part of a series aimed at examining critical social and cultural issues.
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