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UCL marks Black History Month 2022

3 October 2022

To mark Black History Month 2022, UCL is hosting a series of free talks, seminars and social events across October - follow this page to find out more and keep up to date with events as they are announced.

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UCL events

  • 4 October (in person): Join Dr Caroline Bressey (UCLÌýGeography), Imagining theÌýBlack Cook in the multi-ethnic Victorian city as part of theÌýSPRC Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies: 22-23, Term 1 seminar series, hosted by UCL'sÌýSarah Parker Remond CentreÌý
  • 6 October (virtual): Dr Rochelle Burgess,ÌýAssociate Professor in Global Health and Deputy Director of the UCL Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases, gives an insight into the Windrush community in this free eventÌý. Chaired by UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence.Ìý
  • 7 October– 26 OctoberÌý(in person): Students' Union UCL showcases the diversity of Black artistic talent at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈËith aÌý.Ìý
  • 10 October (in person):ÌýThe Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, based at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË, is pleased to announce its first public lecture of the 2022/3 academic year.ÌýProfessor Lissa Paul's lecture is titled '
  • 13 October (inÌýperson): Join Dr HÌýPatten MBE in conversation with dancer and performer Sheba MonserratÌýSmadification - The Spirituality of Jamaican Dancehall CultureÌýforÌýwhat will prove to be an educational, yet lively evening about the dancehall movement interspersed with live performance. Hosted at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË's Bloomsbury Theatre.
  • 19 October (virtual):ÌýÌý- join this online event to find out how simple changes can produce a big impact in built environment education.
  • 25 October (inÌýperson):ÌýPart of the Perspectives on Racialisation, Gender and Feminist Methodologies seminar series 2022-23,ÌýDecolonial Feminist Thought: A conversation between Françoise Vergès and Edna Bonhomme. Please note this event is nowÌýsold outÌýand has a waiting list. Please contactÌýUCL'sÌýSarah Parker Remond CentreÌýdirectlyÌýbe added to the waiting list.Ìý
  • 25 October (virtual):ÌýJoin Professor Paul Gilroy (UCLÌýCentre for the Study of Race and Racism) and Dr Clive Nwonka (UCL Institute for Advanced Studies) to explore Arsenal’s historic contribution to Black sporting iconography inÌý. In-person tickets for this event at the Barbican are nowÌýsold out,Ìýbut tickets to the live stream are still available.
  • 26 October (inÌýperson):ÌýThe Computer Science Race Equality Working group is hosting an in-person Black History Month event to celebrate Black Computer Scientists, network and share some Caribbean food:ÌýBlack History Month: Celebrating Black Computer Scientists.
  • 26 October (inÌýperson):ÌýFilmmaker, broadcaster and historian, David Olusoga,Ìýjoins Professor Edward Denison (UCLÌýBartlett School of Architecture)Ìýfor a conversation as part of the Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene Symposium, hosted byÌýThe Bartlett International Lectures Autumn 2022.
  • 27 October (inÌýperson): Join Rosemary Campbell Stevens MBE, inÌýGlobal Majority – A Celebration of Decoloniality and Recentring HumanityÌýas part of the Modern Heritage of Africa / Modern Heritage in Anthropocene symposium (MoHoA), who will beÌýdiscussing decoloniality andÌýadvoating the importance of centring the global majority.

This webpage will be updated with additional eventsÌýas they are announced.

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