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

Pat Barker in conversation

Multi award-winning British author Pat Barker will be in conversation with Professor Sharon Monteith, University of Nottingham, to discuss her work.

Tags: Department of American and Canadian Studies, literature, Midlands3Cities, Nottingham City of Literature, Nottingham Playhouse, Pat Barker, Sharon Monteith

Trump, Sanders and the US primaries: a dialogue on American populism

Join the Centre for the Study of Political Ideologies and the Department of American and Canadian Studies for this talk on Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the rise of American populism.

Tags: Bernie Sanders, Centre for the Study of Political Ideologies, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Department of History, Donald Trump, politics

The early years of the Black Panther Party

Please join the Centre for Research in Rights and the Department of American and Canadian Studies for this special lecture by Dr. Joe Street to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party: “The Baddest Motherf****rs Who Ever Stepped Foot Inside History: The Early Years of the Black Panther Party.”

Tags: America, Black Panther Party, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, civil rights, Department of American and Canadian Studies, history, Joe Street, race

Heavenly sounds in hi-fi: the art and philosophy of easy listening

Alternately despised and rehabilitated, easy listening music dominated the popular music landscape from the 1940s to the 1960s. Nick Heffernan, lecturer in American and Canadian Studies and C3R associate, introduces a selection of recordings that attempts to encompass a sprawling, multifaceted and complex genre.

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

The rebirth of the protest song in the era of #BlackLivesMatter

Music has played a key role in the angry response to racist policing and contemporary America. Nick Heffernan, lecturer in American and Canadian Studies and C3R associate, plays and discusses some examples and asks whether the protest song is enjoying an artistic and political renaissance.

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

‘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