The National Windrush Conference
October 29, 2018
Start Date: November 17, 2018 at 10:00am End Date: November 17, 2018 at 4:00pm Event link: https://nationalwindrushconference.eventbrite.co.uk/ Location: The University of Nottingham, Business School South, Lecture Theatre B52, Jubilee Campus Presented by ‘Nottingham Windrush Support Forum in partnership with the Windrush Black Lawyers Group. The public outcry regarding the Windrush scandal comes a time of great …
Show Racism the Red Card Event, Thursday 25 October, A3, Teaching and Learning Building
October 22, 2018
Gone are the days when bananas were thrown at football players and monkey chants could be heard in the crowd, sometimes from their own fans. Or are they? When we see white police officers shooting or beating black men in USA we think that at least we aren’t as bad as that. Or are we? …
Native Land Talk: Indigenous and Arrivant Rights Theories
October 2, 2018
Yael Ben-zvi University of Nottingham 2 Oct 6.30-8pm Trent Building, LG6+ How Native Americans and African Americans redefined nativity and shaped eighteenth- and nineteenth-century perceptions of rights, freedom, and belonging Histories of rights have too often marginalized Native Americans and African Americans. Addressing this lacuna, Native Land Talk expands our understanding of freedom by examining …
Black History Month at The University of Nottingham
A number of events are taking place at the University of Nottingham this month in celebration of Black History Month 2018. The programme of events and presentations taking place throughout October acknowledges that history is being made not just during Black History Month but every day. Staff and students are welcome to attend, with many …
The Windrush Legacy: Struggle, resilience and transformation
October 1, 2018
2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Empire Windrush into Essex’s Tilbury Dock in June 1948, carrying nearly 500 passengers migrating to England from the West Indies. In the following blog, written by Professor Cecile Wright, Lenford Vassell and Dr Val Watson, we introduce the Windrush Legacy – by outlining some …
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