Applications for the Stuart Hall Fellowship at School of Media, Arts and Humanities are now open. The Fellowship will run during the spring term of the 2024/25 academic year, with a funding award totalling to £5000 to support the fellow in devising several works. Learn more: stuarthallfoundation.org/opportunities/…

“What I am experiencing now, what I think many of us are experiencing, is a kind of distributed mourning,” writes Christina Sharpe. Read her essay, “The Shapes of Grief,” in our fall issue. yalereview.org/article/christ…

✨First episode of Surviving Society presents Material Crimes is now live! 🕵🏽‍♀️Murder in Melville with Nicky Falkof On New Year’s Eve 2019, a drive-by shooting in Johannesburg's Melville suburb left two dead and six injured, shocking the city. open.spotify.com/episode/2h5KnU…

📕Published today: The Black PhD Experience: Stories of Strength, Courage & Wisdom Charting each contributors' journey reveals structural barriers & the power of community in academia. Join us in conversation @ our British Library launch event on 21 Oct eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-black-ph…

Black academics in the UK, please support this event!

Happy to have contributed this wherein I explain the significance of PhD supervision and the effects of when it goes wrong, but importantly the significance of when it goes right!

Izaan, 12, is the winner of the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show People’s Choice Award, 2024, with "In Memory of Zephaniah" Izaan said, "I have created this piece in the memory of Benjamin Zephaniah as we have been learning about him in school. I am inspired by

Today, September 10th 2024, World Afro Day is taking our cause to Parliament! Supported by Paulette Hamilton MP, we are hosting a drop-in clinic for MPs, to be better informed on Afro hair discrimination in the UK. #WorldAfroDay #fixthehairlaw #AfroEqualityAct #legalhairmovement

Are you a UK based researcher who has taken a break of two years or more for family, caring or health reasons and looking to come back to #research? Daphne Jackson Trust offer very cool fellowships to cover salary and expenses daphnejackson.org/about-fellowsh… #CareerBreak

Submissions for #Flatpack2025 are now open! This year we've got a brand new animation award and a new category for Short Shorts (under five mins). We're a BAFTA-qualifying fest and accept all types and genres of shorts. Get all the details: flatpackfestival.org.uk/submissions/

📢This September: Don't miss out on the online launch of 'Revenant Ecologies' by Audra Mitchell (not here often), with insights from Little Shark & Hugo Reinert, chaired by Christopher Newfield. 💻Online - 26th September at 5.30 BST. Registration and more info👇 isrf.org/events/book-la…

I’ve been in the UK for a while now and honestly, I am still adjusting and learning. In many ways, the things I was lauded for in the USA: my directness, my friendliness, my commitment, and even just being a passionate person are things I am disliked for & punished for here.

Y’all knew I couldn’t leave London without greeting my rabble rousing and not a single fool suffered sister Dr. Shola. Dearest Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, may you stay healthy, remain lovingly courageous, and live very long to keep speaking truth to power🫂🫂💕💕💕💕✊🏾

Do you still remember that woman, Rachel Reeves?

We’re still on the look out for construction workers, builders, tradespeople in the West Midlands to join us on this exciting new learning programme starting next month — Re:Builders bit.ly/ReBuildersWM

Geography is…EVERYWHERE 🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Black people build lives and communities everywhere, yet we often see disjointed representations of this. This panel explores the collaborative and creative voice of the Black community in Scotland.

Enjoy this very special taster reading from Dr Joy White! Want to hear from Dr. White in person? Join us at The Exchange on 23 Sep for a special evening discussion with Prof. Pat Noxolo & UoB School Geography . Register via [email protected].

Book Now 22/9/2024 12:15PM: Shortlisted for the 2023 Wolfson History Prize, Prof Hakim Adi shares his understanding of Britain’s past. gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/wolfson…. Hakim Adi A to the S @Claudia_writes Aleja ዓለጃ Tionne danny thompson

Book now 24/9/2024 4:00PM: Dr Claudia Tomlinson discusses Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life. ilcs.sas.ac.uk/events/caribbe…. Hakim Adi A to the S @Claudia_writes Aleja ዓለጃ Tionne danny thompson