Posts tagged with ‘race’
Underground resistance – afrofuturism and the technonarrative of blackness
Patrick Henderson, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies, gives this lecture on ‘Underground resistance – afrofuturism and the technonarrative of blackness’.
Tags: american, culture, music, Patrick Henderson, popular culture, Populat Culture Lecture Series, race, School of Cultures Languages and Area Studies
No Drama Obama? Race and the politics of policing during the Obama presidency
As we approach the final year of the Obama era, this lecture will assess what became of a leader whose election in 2008 apparently heralded a new post-racial America. Has Barack Obama’s presidency delivered the kind of deep-rooted changes that were initially prophesised? Had Obama abandoned his core African-American constituency in favour of projecting a race-neutral approach designed to maintain centrist support? How do we assess Obama’s leadership on issues like policing in the context of the current Black Lives Matter movement that is challenging police brutality? What has become of Obama’s ‘no drama’ persona in this final period of his two-term presidency?
Tags: America, Barack Obama, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Kevin Verney, politics, race
War, race and imagery: an Armistice Day discussion to mark the 100th anniversary of World War One
The Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Department of American and Canadian Studies present this event. Taking place right after Armistice Day, this includes talks by Professor Celeste-Marie Bernier, James Brookes and Rosemary Pearce.
Tags: armistice, Armistice Day, Celeste-Marie Bernier, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, James Brookes, race, Rosemary Pearce, Waterstones, World War One
Making Waves – screening and Q&A
Come along to a screening of Making Waves, followed by a Q&A with director Patcee Francis from Syncopate Media. This documentary compares the lives of young black people growing up in the 1980’s with those growing up today. Nearly 40 years after the 1976 Race Relations Act Making Waves documents the life stories of first and second-generation black, British citizens from the African-Caribbean communities. Part of Black History Month 2015.
Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2015, Patcee Francis, race, Race Relations Act, screening, Syncopate Media
Black men and invisibility – how to rethink the criminal justice system
In this Get Up Stand Up! event, Martin Glynn (Centre for Health and Social Care Improvement), Vivien Miller (Centre for Research in Race and Rights), and Get Up Stand Up artists will debate the topic ‘Black men and invisibility: how to rethink the criminal justice system’.
Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Get Up Stand Up!, Martin Glynn, NAE, New Art Exchange, race, Vivien Miller
Cultural activism – how to make black histories visible
In this Get Up Stand Up! event, Lubaina Himid (Institute for Black Atlantic Research), Celeste-Marie Bernier (Centre for Research in Race and Rights), Veronica Barnes (Blue Mountain Ladies Group) and Bo Olawoye (Learning & Engagement Curator) will debate the topic ‘Cultural activism: how to make black histories visible’.
Tags: Bo Olawoye, C3R, Celeste-Marie Bernier, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, debate, equality, Get Up Stand Up!, Lubaina Himid, NAE, New Art Exchange, race, Veronica Barnes
Racial equality and antiracism: how to rethink identity and belonging
Jagdish Patel, Janna Graham and Lauri Johnson discuss how to rethink identity and belonging.
Tags: C3R, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, debate, equality, Get Up Stand Up!, Janna Graham, New Art Exchange, race
Leading with their lives: three generations of Black and South Asian headteachers, 1969-2015
Dr Lauri Johnson, Boston College, presents ‘Leading with their lives: three generations of black and South Asian headteachers, 1969-2015’.
Tags: Boston College, education, Lauri Johnson, race, School of Education
Critical whiteness: US and UK perspectives
The Centre for Research in Race and Rights, the Department of American and Canadian Studies, and Nottingham Contemporary present ‘Critical whiteness: US and UK perspectives’.
Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, diversity, equality, history, Nottingham Contemporary, race, Sharon Monteith
Kara Walker’s Pornopticon: racial sensations
The Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) and New Art Exchange present ‘Kara Walker’s Pornopticon: racial sensations’. Professor Robyn Wiegman, a leading professor of race and gender at Duke University, will be joined in conversation by Professor Zoe Trodd, Department of American and Canadian Studies.
Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, culture, Department of American and Canadian Studies, discussion, Duke University, gender, Kara Walker, New Art Exchange, race, Zoe Trodd