Dreadlocks Story

Presented as part of Black History Month 2017, Dreadlocks Story is a historical page which exhibits the bonds of the survival of African and Indian culture in Jamaica in view of upfront anti-slavery and anti-imperialist struggles.

Tags: Black History Month, BME Network, dreadlocks story, Linda Aïnouche, slavery

Historians Against Slavery Conference

In October 2017, Historians Against Slavery (HAS) will hold its biennial conference outside of the United States for the first time, at the International Slavery Museum (ISM) in Liverpool. The two-day conference will mark the 10th Anniversary of the ISM as well as Black History Month 2017. It is co-hosted by HAS, the ISM, the Centre for the Study of International Slavery (University of Liverpool) and the Antislavery Usable Past project (Universities of Nottingham and Hull).

Tags: Black History Month, conference, Historians Against Slavery, history, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, slavery, University of Liverpool

The evolution of an EMCEE: History of hip hop with Akala

History of Hip Hop – The Evolution of an Emcee – Overview of the oral traditions, musical, cultural and political movements that have contributed to the evolution of Emceeing so far with guest speaker, Akala.

Tags: akala, Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, emcee, hip hop, people and culture

Kathak dance taster sessions

Join us for an for some invigorating Kathak dance taster sessions with teacher Vina Ladwa right here at the University!

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, dancing, kathak

CANCELLED – Street Dance: demo and lesson

It’s not every day that we have a Street Dance demo and lesson right here at the University so make sure you don’t miss out!

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, street dance

Salsa: demonstration and teaching

Join us for an for an invigorating demonstration and teaching of Salsa right here at the University!

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, salsa

How interdisciplinary research can engage young minds through outreach

With ever-increasing funding constraints from ‘traditional’ UK research councils, in addition to the resulting uncertainty in long-term EU funding due to the outcome of the UK Brexit vote, the need for demonstrating the impact of research that goes ‘beyond academia’ has never been greater.

Tags: Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, colloquium, dr mark richards, School of Physics and Astronomy

Celebrate Black History Month 2016

The University of Nottingham is celebrating Black History Month with music, public lectures, open discussion and […]

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Tags: Black and Minority Ethnic, Black History Month, BME, BME Staff Network, Boradway Cinema, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, community, culture, events, film, history, lecture, local, music, New Art Exchange, Nottingham Contemporary, public lecture, Rights and Justice, Rough Trade, Val Watson

Making Black histories visible in Cotton Heritage venues in the Derwent Valley

Presented by the School of Geography and Institute for the Study of Slavery in association with the AHRC Global Cotton Connections project and Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies group.

Tags: AHRC Global Cotton Connections project, Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Institute for the Study of Slavery, Nottingham Slave Trade Legacies group, School of Geography

The Slave’s Cause: A New History of Abolition

Please join the Department of American and Canadian Studies and the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for its distinguished annual lecture, delivered this year by Professor Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History, University of Connecticut, and a world-leading expert on the history of slavery and abolition.

Tags: abolition, Black History Month, Black History Month 2016, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, slavery