Slavery Studies are one of the most consolidated fields in Brazilian historiography. In the last decades, a number of discussions have flourished on issues such as slave agency, slavery and law, slavery and capitalism, slave families, demography of slavery, transatlantic slave trade, etc. In addition to these more consolidated fields, current research has focused on illegal enslavement, global perspectives on slavery and the slave trade, slavery and gender, the engagement of different social groups in the abolitionist movement, Atlantic connections amog others. Taking into consideration these new trends of Brazilian slavery studies, the BCDSS invites leading scholars on this topic for a conference. During the conference, Brazilian scholars and the broader academic community of Bonn will get to know in more detail these current trends and engage in fruitful discussions that might lead to further cooperation.