Philip Kaisary is Assistant Professor of Law at Warwick University. His interdisciplinary research interests focus on slavery and Atlantic history and law in contexts of 'disaster'. Prof Kaisary will be discussing his new book on the literary legacies of the Haitian Revolution (University of Virginia Press, February 2014), which examines the representation of Revolution in twentieth-century texts by radicals and conservatives alike. His study encompasses works in English, French, and Spanish languages, including poetry, drama, history, biography, fiction, and opera.