UCL marks Black History Month 2022

10 October 2022

There will be a variety of free talks and social events throughout Black History Month 2022 鈥� follow this page to find out more and keep up to date with events as they are announced.

Follow this page to find out听 more about our range of interesting听and thought provoking听UCL events to mark Black History Month 2022, which starts this Saturday on 1 October.

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4 October (in person): Join Dr Caroline Bressey (UCL听Geography), Imagining the听Black Cook in the multi-ethnic Victorian city as part of the听SPRC Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies: 22-23, Term 1 seminar series, hosted by UCL's听Sarah Parker Remond Centre听
6 October (virtual): Dr Rochelle Burgess,听Associate 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 event听. Chaired by UCL President & Provost, Dr Michael Spence.听
7 October鈥� 26 翱肠迟辞产别谤听(in person): Students' Union UCL showcases the diversity of Black artistic talent at 皇家华人ith a .听
10 October (in person):听The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery, based at 皇家华人, is pleased to announce its first public lecture of the 2022/3 academic year.听Professor Lissa Paul's lecture is titled '
13 October (in听person): Join Dr H听Patten MBE in conversation with dancer and performer Sheba Monserrat听Smadification - The Spirituality of Jamaican Dancehall Culture听for听what will prove to be an educational, yet lively evening about the dancehall movement interspersed with live performance. Hosted at 皇家华人's Bloomsbury Theatre.
19 October (virtual):听 - join this online event to find out how simple changes can produce a big impact in built environment education.
25 October (in听person):听Part of the Perspectives on Racialisation, Gender and Feminist Methodologies seminar series 2022-23,听Decolonial Feminist Thought: A conversation between Fran莽oise Verg猫s and Edna Bonhomme. Please note this event is now听sold out听and has a waiting list. Please contact听UCL's听Sarah Parker Remond Centre听directly听be added to the waiting list.听
25 October (virtual):听Join Professor Paul Gilroy (UCL听Centre for the Study of Race and Racism) and Dr Clive Nwonka (UCL Institute for Advanced Studies) to explore Arsenal鈥檚 historic contribution to Black sporting iconography in听. In-person tickets for this event at the Barbican are now听sold out,听but tickets to the live stream are still available.
26 October (in听person):听The 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: Black History Month: Celebrating Black Computer Scientists.
26 October (in听person):听Filmmaker, broadcaster and historian, David Olusoga,听joins Professor Edward Denison (UCL听Bartlett School of Architecture)听for a conversation as part of the Modern Heritage in the Anthropocene Symposium, hosted by听The Bartlett International Lectures Autumn 2022.
27 October (in听person): Join Rosemary Campbell Stevens MBE, in听Global Majority 鈥� A Celebration of Decoloniality and Recentring Humanity听as part of the Modern Heritage of Africa / Modern Heritage in Anthropocene symposium (MoHoA), who will be听discussing decoloniality and听advoating the importance of centring the global majority.
27 October (virtual):听.听Join us for this FREE virtual panel focusing on navigating academia and industry as a Black scientist. Accomplished speakers will talk about their journey through academia; hoping to encourage the next generation of students and offer some advice.
31 October (in person): The听School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)听and Ukrainian Institute London, have co-organized Decolonising Western Coverage of Ukraine.听Listen to Terrell Jermaine Starr's听unique perspective听as an independent听black reporter based in Kyiv, reimagine听the coverage of the conflict in听Ukraine.听

This webpage is being updated with additional events听as they are announced. If you are hosting a UCL event for Black History Month that you would like included here, please get in touch with us at听internalcommunications@ucl.ac.uk.听

Find out more

The history department have听specially collated a list of resources to learn about Black History which have been suggested by both staff and students.听
The Sarah Parker Remond Centre have compiled an which showcase conversations about race and racialisation. Their latest episode features British born Nigerian artist听Karimah Ashadu in conversation with Lara Choskey (UCL English),听听to听discuss two of her recent films,听Brown Goods听(2020) and听Plateau听(2022).听
Library Services are collecting recommendations for books celebrating Black history 鈥撎�.听
Join The Bartlett鈥檚 monthly Inclusive Spaces event series to explore equity, diversity and inclusion in the built environment. Find out more about their work on the Bartlett website.
'Black Perspectives in the Built Environment' explores the diverse contributions that Black perspectives have brough to the field - find out more on the Bartlett Faculty website.
Listen to the IOE, Faculty of Education and Society's, episode about Diversity and inclusivity in academia as part of their 'Academia et al.'听podcast series. Read an interview with IOE alumnus Banji Alexander, who听has written a children's book about understanding Covid-19, and his thoughts about the importance of diversity in literature.听

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