We’re super excited to be participating in this amazing No Sweat comedy fundraising event in February! Book tickets ASAP as they’re selling like hotcakes! Haitian Heritage Group UK Haitian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain Anne McConnell Caribbean Labour Solidarity (CLS) Amnesty Caribbean Society for Caribbean Studies haitisupportgroup.org/no-sweat-comed…

Mark your calendars: this year, we're talking #Reparations for Africans everywhere. + Catch the premiere screening of the new documentary "Walter Rodney: What They Don't Want You To Know"

RIP Gordon Rohlehr, the great Guyanese scholar, critic and essayist. His seminal 1973 review of Perry Henzell's The Harder They Come—a response to a negative review of the film in the Jamaica Gleaner—remains a landmark piece of Caribbean criticism.

Prof Brenda Stevenson is coming to Edinburgh to deliver the ECGH annual lecture in the history of slavery on April 25. She'll be speaking on 'Slavery, Family and Resistance'. Mark your calendars! ed.ac.uk/history-classi…

Mental health researchers to study Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean peoples jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… via Jamaica Gleaner

Excellent leadership Ishtar Govia and Jamaica Mental Health Advocacy Network health researchers to study Alzheimer’s disease in Caribbean peoples jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/2… via Jamaica Gleaner

If you'd like to attend our next panel event on Eric Williams, we've added extra capacity, so please do complete your registration - esp. if you encountered a 'sold out' notice at the weekend.

CSLBS is excited to announce our upcoming event, "Talking Black History Walks: A Conversation with Tony Warner" at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton, at 4.30pm on Thursday 9 March. Register via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/talking-blac…

The University of Glasgow is offering 5 scholarships (fees only) for International students from the Caribbean, starting a 1 year postgraduate taught Masters programme, in any discipline for academic session 2023/24. gla.ac.uk/.../university… This can be used to study any MA course

It's a busy lunchtime with several parallel sessions exploring our theme: 'As Time Goes By'. Speaker Matthew J. Smith is in the Drawing Room exploring the afterlives of slavery.

Very much looking forward to being in conversation with the legendary Tony Warner of Black History Walks London this Thursday at the BCA, Brixton. @LBS_at_UCL Black History Walks

We're delighted to announce the second instalment in our Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series: Professor David Lambert, "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture." 5pm, 25th May, Lecture Theatre 115, 1-19 Torrington Place. eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncertain…

Register for a free ticket for OF UNCERTAIN RANK: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture. eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncertain… At UCL next week!

This week! Professor David Lambert: "Of Uncertain Rank: The West India Regiments in British Imperial Culture." eventbrite.co.uk/e/of-uncertain…

Prof Baugh was a "foundational" member of the Calabash family. We stand, and generations of Jamaican🇯🇲 poets stand, on his shoulders and lived in his heart. We are better for having known the incredible & generous Prof B. He will never be forgotten. #RestinPoetry #EdwardBaugh

CSLBS is delighted to announce that the third annual event in its Elsa V. Goveia Speaker Series will be CARIBBEAN JOURNEYS AND COLONIAL LEGACIES: A READING OF OCEAN STIRRINGS by Merle Collins at 5pm, 14 October, UCL. Free tickets and details here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/caribbean-jo…

Trump’s racist lies are playing out precisely as intended. In solidarity with our Haitian brothers and sisters, we refuse to remain silent. Joint statement for IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the Haiti Support Group Haiti Support Group and Ghetto Biennale friends. haitisupportgroup.org/trump-haiti-ra…

Fantastic to see the special issue Repentance & Reappraisal: Historicising the Defenders of Slavery in the Netherlands out in BMGN - LCHR! Insightful & urgent contributions by KFB, Lauren Lauret Dirk Alkemade Esther Baakman, Philip Post Matthew J. Smith bmgn-lchr.nl/issue/view/1325

"It is the Caribbean problem at its most complete." Matthew J. Smith on street politics and civil breakdown in Haiti, for Noema Magazine noemamag.com/haitis-agents-…