Emergency cultures: approaches to the study of late colonialism and the Cold War in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong

Join the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies for the one day workshop, ‘Emergency cultures: new approaches to the study of late colonialism and the Cold War in Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong’. Facilitated by Dr Jeremy E Taylor, The University of Nottingham and Dr Xu Lanjun, National University of Singapore.

Tags: British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, China, Cold War, culture, Jeremy Taylor, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies

Black Lives Matter: the past, present and future of an international movement for rights and justice

At the 50th anniversaries of the UK Race Relations Act and the US Civil Rights Movement, join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights (C3R) and its partners for a day of panel debates. Plus hip hop performance and dialogues featuring Akala and activist-scholars Dr Monica Miller and Dr James Peterson from 6.30pm to 9pm. Part of Black History Month 2015.

Tags: Black Lives Matter, Bright Ideas, British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of American and Canadian Studies, James Peterson, Monica Miller, Nottingham Contemporary, panel, race, The Monitoring Group