Thursday 5 May. 1pm. Christianity in 18th Century Britain and the Impact on Black Bodies
Dr. Anthony Reddie will address how Christianity, particularly the non-conformist models dominant in the Baptist Church and the Methodist Movement, offered empowerment to many working class communities; yet these groups were often ambivalent, and at times remained silent, about the enslavement of Black people. He will discuss the early contradictions and how the groups’ involvement in the Anti-Slavery Movement eventually grew.
Black Cultural Archives. For further details and to book go to
http://bcaheritage.org.uk/programme/tours-talks-and-walks
Tuesday 10 May. 6pm. Nehru’s Emissary: V K Krishna Menon and the Long 1950s
Talk by Dr Rudra Chaudhuri (KCL) at International History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House.
Wednesday 11 May. 5pm. The politics of poverty: the campaigns of CPAG, 1965-2015
Talk by Dr Ruth Davidson (KCL) at Contemporary British History Seminar. Institute of Historical Research, Senate House.
Thursday 12 May. 1-1.30pm. A Reflection on Hogarth’s Blacks
Melba Wilson will draw upon David Dabydeen’s Hogarth’s Blacks to explore and discuss the representation of African and Caribbean individuals depicted in many of Hogarth’s drawings during the eighteenth Century.
Black Cultural Archives. For further details and to book go to
http://bcaheritage.org.uk/programme/tours-talks-and-walks
Saturday 14 May. 11.30am-4 pm. Huddersfield community groups showcase their projects
Includes:
Africans in Early Modern English Literature – a lecture by Onyeka (Narrative Eye)
The future of black history at the University of Huddersfield: roundtable
Adult education in Yorkshire during the Great War
Full details at:
http://www.hud.ac.uk/sound-vision-place/events/soundvisionplace.php
Saturday 21 May. Noon-4pm. 1926 General Strike at 90
London Socialist Historians workshop. Details to be announced. Institute of Historical Research, Senate House
Tuesday 24 May. 5.30-7pm. Battle of the Somme
Narrative Eye event at Pimlico Library, Rampayne St, London. To book go to:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-the-somme-at-pimlico-library-tickets-24958001053
Wednesday 1 June. 5.30pm. From Country House to Empire Home: Material Cultures of the East India Company
Margot Finn (University College London at Studies of Home Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House.
Thursday 2 June. 5.30pm. The history of integrationist and multicultural education policies in England, 1976-2016
Talk by Dr. Richard Race (School of Education, Roehampton University) at History of Education Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House.
Thursday 9 June. 1pm. Slavery in Small Things
Professor James Walvin talks about the connections between everyday objects and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. He will re-examine present day objects through an alternative historical lens.
Black Cultural Archives. For further details and to book go to
http://bcaheritage.org.uk/programme/tours-talks-and-walks
11 June. 11am-4.30pm. Women and the Bible: Barbauld and Others
Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837 Annual Workshop at Senate House, University of London.
For more information go to:
Monday 13 June. 5.15pm. Leisure in Black British Communities
Dr Rehan Hyder (University of the West of England) on
Bristol Sounds Syncretic: Nightlife and Inter-Cultural Exchange
Dr Paul Ian Campbell (University of Wolverhampton) on
‘That Black Boy’s a Different Class!’: Race, Class and Local Football in Leicester, c.1982–2010
Sport & Leisure History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House.
Saturday 18 June. 2pm. Unlikely Warriors: Britons in the Spanish Civil War
Talk by Richard Baxell, historian and author and Chair of the International Brigades Memorial Trust. Notts & Derbyshire Labour History Society at The Nottingham Mechanics Institute, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, NG1 4EZ. Doors open at 1.30 pm.
Thursday 7 & Friday 8 July. Women’s Society, 1750-1830
‘This interdisciplinary workshop will examine three dimensions of the conventions in constructing and representing women’s experience across the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe’.
For more information please contact the conference organizers Ian Newman (University of Notre Dame) or Mark Philp (University of Warwick), at inewman@nd.edu and Mark.Philp@warwick.ac.uk
The event will be held at University of Notre Dame Global Gateway, 1 Suffolk Street. London.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ehrc/events/sociability
Courses at Black Cultural Archives
Wednesdays 1-29 June. 6–8pm. The African Fight: The Hidden History of WWI and the Battle of the Somme
The African Fight Course will investigate the presence and contributions of Black soldiers during the Battle of the Somme.
Tuesdays 5 July – 2 August. 7-9pm. When We Ruled: Thousands of Years of African Heritage
Led by leading Black historian Robin Walker and his team, this course that will contextualise the broad history of the African Diaspora, from mediaeval to modern times.
You will learn about the visible monuments, manuscripts, and fine art that demonstrate a rich African heritage. From this
Tuesdays 6 September – 4 October. 7– 9pm. Black Seafarers and Revolutionary Politics
Led by S. I. Martin, the course will reassess the forgotten traditions and communities of Black mariners.
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