Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy is Professor of Human Rights and Contemporary Slavery at Sheffield Hallam University's Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice. She is also the author of Freedomville: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt, The New Slave Narrative: The Battle over Representations of Contemporary Slavery, and Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and has been a fellow of the National...See more

Laura Murphy is Professor of Human Rights and Contemporary Slavery at Sheffield Hallam University's Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice. She is also the author of Freedomville: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt, The New Slave Narrative: The Battle over Representations of Contemporary Slavery, and Metaphor and the Slave Trade in West African Literature. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar Award and has been a fellow of the National Humanities Center and the British Academy. See less