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Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ marks Black History Month 2022

3 October 2022

To mark Black History Month 2022, Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ is hosting a series of free talks, seminars and social events across October - follow this page to find out more and keep up to date with events as they are announced.

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Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ events

  • 4 October (in person): Join Dr Caroline Bressey (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÌýGeography), Imagining theÌýBlack Cook in the multi-ethnic Victorian city as part of theÌýSPRC Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies: 22-23, Term 1 seminar series, hosted by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'sÌýSarah Parker Remond CentreÌý
  • 6 October (virtual): Dr Rochelle Burgess,ÌýAssociate Professor in Global Health and Deputy Director of the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases, gives an insight into the Windrush community in this free eventÌý. Chaired by Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence.Ìý
  • 7 October– 26 OctoberÌý(in person): Students' Union Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ showcases the diversity of Black artistic talent at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ with aÌý.Ìý
  • 10 October (in person):ÌýThe Centre for the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ of the Legacies of British Slavery, based at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾, is pleased to announce its first public lecture of the 2022/3 academic year.ÌýProfessor Lissa Paul's lecture is titled '
  • 13 October (inÌýperson): Join Dr HÌýPatten MBE in conversation with dancer and performer Sheba MonserratÌýSmadification - The Spirituality of Jamaican Dancehall CultureÌýforÌýwhat will prove to be an educational, yet lively evening about the dancehall movement interspersed with live performance. Hosted at Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'s Bloomsbury Theatre.
  • 19 October (virtual):ÌýÌý- join this online event to find out how simple changes can produce a big impact in built environment education.
  • 25 October (inÌýperson):ÌýPart of the Perspectives on Racialisation, Gender and Feminist Methodologies seminar series 2022-23,ÌýDecolonial Feminist Thought: A conversation between Françoise Vergès and Edna Bonhomme. Please note this event is nowÌýsold outÌýand has a waiting list. Please contactÌýÂ鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾'sÌýSarah Parker Remond CentreÌýdirectlyÌýbe added to the waiting list.Ìý
  • 25 October (virtual):ÌýJoin Professor Paul Gilroy (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÌýCentre for the Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ of Race and Racism) and Dr Clive Nwonka (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ Institute for Advanced Studies) to explore Arsenal’s historic contribution to Black sporting iconography inÌý. In-person tickets for this event at the Barbican are nowÌýsold out,Ìýbut tickets to the live stream are still available.
  • 26 October (inÌýperson):ÌýThe Computer Science Race Equality Working group is hosting an in-person Black History Month event to celebrate Black Computer Scientists, network and share some Caribbean food:ÌýBlack History Month: Celebrating Black Computer Scientists.
  • 26 October (inÌýperson):ÌýFilmmaker, broadcaster and historian, David Olusoga,Ìýjoins Professor Edward Denison (Â鶹´«Ã½ÊÓƵÍøÕ¾ÌýBartlett School of Architecture)Ìýfor a conversation as part of the Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene Symposium, hosted byÌýThe Bartlett International Lectures Autumn 2022.
  • 27 October (inÌýperson): Join Rosemary Campbell Stevens MBE, inÌýGlobal Majority – A Celebration of Decoloniality and Recentring HumanityÌýas part of the Modern Heritage of Africa / Modern Heritage in Anthropocene symposium (MoHoA), who will beÌýdiscussing decoloniality andÌýadvoating the importance of centring the global majority.

This webpage will be updated with additional eventsÌýas they are announced.

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