‘Black Man Struggle’ – Jamaican Pop from Mento to Dancehall

Patrick Henderson, doctoral student and C3R associate, surveys Jamaican pop music from the 1950s to the present day, playing and discussing examples of mento, ska, reggae and dancehall and considering their cultural significance.

Tags: American Music Listening Group, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Nottingham Contemporary, Patrick Henderson, race and rights, seminar

‘I must keep fighting until I’m dying’ – Paul Robeson’s Freedom and Protest Songs

In this session, C3R postdoctoral co-director Hannah Durkin plays and discusses the slave spirituals and international protest songs of African American singer Paul Robeson to mark the 40th anniversary of his death.

Tags: American Music Listening Group, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Hannah Durkin, Nottingham Contemporary, race and rights, seminar

Race, masculinity and citizenship: a dialogue on the American Civil War

Please join two Civil War experts for a discussion of race, masculinity, and citizenship during the American Civil War (1861-1865), hosted by the Centre for Research in Race and Rights.

Tags: America, American Civil War, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Civil War, Department of American and Canadian Studies, James Brookes, race

Feminist: stories from Women’s Liberation

In celebration of Women’s History Month 2016, please join the Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the Department of American and Canadian Studies for a screening of the award-winning documentary Feminist: Stories From Women’s Liberation, 1963-1970. Filmmaker Jennifer Lee will introduce the film, and afterwards take questions from the audience.

6.30pm, Wednesday 2 March

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, feminism, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, Rights and Justice, women, Women's History Month

World-wide welcome? A Nottingham dialogue on women refugees

On International Women’s Day 2016, during Women’s History Month, please join us for a dialogue about the refugee crisis.

6.30pm Tuesday 8 March

Tags: Centre for Conflict Rights and Justice, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Centre for the Study of Global Justice, immigration, International Women's Day, International Women's Day 2016, Nottingham Trent University, refugee, Rights and Justice, Women's History Month

LGBT rights are human rights

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and The University of Nottingham Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a discussion focusing on LGBT rights around the world. Part of our LGBT History Month celebrations 2016.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Emma Long, Ibtisam Ahmed, Juan Anzola, law, LBET History Month, LGBT, LGBT History Month 2016, politics, rights, Rights and Justice, School of Politics and International Relations, School of Sociology and Social Policy

Hate Crime in Nottingham and beyond

What is the rate of hate crime in Nottingham, and in the UK in general? Why do people avoid reporting it, and what can people within and outside the LGBT community do to spread awareness but also prevent crime? Over the course of the evening, David Edgeley from Rainbow Heritage will discuss how barriers to coming out affect the rate of reporting hate crime, and Sam Hope (an activist on LGBT rights) will focus on their work in campaigning against hate crime in Nottingham.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, crime, David Edgeley, equality and diversity, hate crime, law, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottinghamshire Police, people and culture, Rights and Justice, Sam Hope

LGBT Film Festival

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the University’s Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a film festival at the Nottingham Contemporary, Saturday 6 February, 11-5pm. Part of our LGBT History Month 2016 celebrations.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, fesitval, film, gay and lesbian, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, Nottingham Contemporary, Rights and Justice, trans

Positivism, pluralism and the justification of human rights

Please join us for a lecture by Baroness Professor Onora O’Neill of Bengarve, hosted jointly by the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, the Centre for Research in Race and Rights, and the University’s research priority area in Rights and Justice.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice, Department of American and Canadian Studies, justice, Onora O'Neill, rights

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