Play screening: Key Change

The Centre for Research in Race and Rights presents a screening of the Open Clasp Theatre Company’s play ‘Key Change’.

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Making Women’s History: Feminist archives and the stories they tell

Join the Rights and Justice RPA, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and Journey to Justice Nottingham for a talk from Dr Kate Dossett, Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Leeds.

Tags: C3R, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, feminism, feminist archives, journey to justice nottingham, women's history, Women's History Month

Celebrate LGBT culture and history with free events

February is LGBT History Month, and The University of Nottingham is hosting a range of public […]

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Rainbow refugees: LGBT rights in refugee and asylum law

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) for a discussion on LGBT immigration. Paul J Dillane, the Executive Direction of the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, will be in conversation with Ibtisam Ahmed as part of the regular CSSGJ seminar series. Part of LGBT History Month.

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LGBT research showcase

Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a discussion on LGBT research at The University of Nottingham. Multiple scholars from the University and Nottingham Trent will present their work on various LGBT issues, showcasing their research and its impact around the world. Part of LGBT History Month.

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Pride around the world

Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a discussion by leading experts on the importance of Pride. This event will feature organisers and participants from events around the world, including Elif Ceylan Ozsoy (Istanbul Pride), Ibtisam Ahmed (Dhaka Pride) and Leigh Ellis (Nottingham Pride). Part of LGBT History Month.

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Merchants of Men: How Jihadists and ISIS Turned Kidnapping and Refugee Trafficking into a Multi-Billion Dollar Business

Join us to hear from best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni, whose new book uncovers a disturbing trend in the continuing fallout from the post-9/11 Patriot Act: the massive number of people trafficked to fund terror organizations, which is “historically unprecedented.”

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Dark energy researcher given major award to take on Einstein’s theory

It is one of the biggest conundrums facing scientists – understanding why our universe is expanding. […]

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Race, Rights and Justice in the age of Brexit

On 23rd June 2016, the UK voted to exit the EU. The referendum sparked a flurry of political changes in the government and a sharp rise in hate crimes reported to the police. Suddenly the UK has to confront questions of equality, tolerance and hate.

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Making Nottingham the world’s first slavery-free city

There are 46 million people enslaved around the world today. The Modern Slavery Act of 2015 tackles the issue of thousands of people enslaved in the UK. Could UK cities now take steps to ensure they are slavery-free? Over the next two years, Nottingham will work to become the world’s first slavery-free city.

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