Tomorrow!

We are very pleased to announce the return of Quilting Points for its twelfth year! We will be reading the work of Black Radical theorist Cedric Robinson. For more info, please see our blog: quiltingpoints.blogspot.com/2023/10/readin……

🗓️Tuesday, 24th October | 17:30-19:00 | Alumni Room, School of English. We are excited to announce our First session for the term. Join us to explore parts of Robinson's work and a 2013 interview with him. More details on our blog: quiltingpoints.blogspot.com

Tomorrow!

📢Quilting Points is pleased to announce a symposium on 'Racial Capitalism and Cultural Resistance' at the University of Leeds, 2024. CFP proposals are open now. Please find more information on the blog. quiltingpoints.blogspot.com/2023/11/cfp-qu…

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🗓️Thursday, 30th November | 17:30-19:00 | Alumni Room, School of English. Mark the date for our second session in this term. Join us to explore Robinson's notion of the Black Radical Tradition. More details on our blog: quiltingpoints.blogspot.com

Still time to submit an abstract for this! Deadline extended till 15 December 🙌🏻

We publish themed issues convened by Guest Editors. If you would like to propose an issue, find our issue proposal guidelines and email address through the link in our bio! (Please note that we ONLY publish whole issues and therefore cannot accept individually submitted papers)

📢All welcome to join us for the symposium on 'Racial Capitalism and Cultural Resistance' on 1st May, to be concluded by keynote address from Dr Dhanveer Singh Brar. No registration required. More information on quiltingpoints.blogspot.co.uk. University of Leeds School of English - University of Leeds FAHACS

📅Reminder of our 'Racial Capitalism and Cultural Resistance' symposium this Wednesday University of Leeds, supported by Arts, Humanities and Cultures, University of Leeds. Free and open to all. More info here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/fine-art/event… FAHACS School of English - University of Leeds

Had a grand time at Quilting Points symposium yesterday, fabulously interdisciplinary thinking on racial capitalism through photography, literature, dance, law, music, history, and ofc sociolinguistics ✌️ thanks for organising Poonam Sharma, Jack Rondeau, and Owen Atkinson

We are very happy to announce the return of Quilting Points for its thirteenth edition. This academic year, we will be reading the work of the Palestinian-American academic and literary critic Edward Said, starting with The Question of Palestine. More details coming soon!

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Next Thursday, December 5th at 17.30 we will be discussing excerpts from Edward Said's The Question of Palestine at the University of Leeds' School of English. Everyone welcome! Reading available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1oOCBe1…

Tomorrow! Looking forward to what is shaping up to be a very rewarding session. Come join us!

We're happy to announce that our next session will take place on Thursday 23rd at 17.30. We will be screening and discussing the 1998 documentary 'In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home'. See you there!

We are happy to announce that the fourth Quilting Points reading group session of this academic year will take place on March 20th. In this session, we will discuss ideas of culture and resistance through Said’s Culture and Imperialism (1993).