Black History Month began on 1 October, and throughout the month colleagues across the University will be organising and hosting a series of events to celebrate the achievements of Black people in the UK.
All events are free and open to all. Coming up next week:
Mental Health Discussion Panel
19 October 18:00-19:00
This event explores Mental Health in the Black Community, hosted by students who run platforms that discuss this important issue.
For more information go to the SUSU event page
Black Southampton: Local history in Global Perspective
20 October 18:00-19:00
A roundtable exploring the interconnections between local, national, and global Black history through the prism of three case studies.
Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley will explore some of the ways that the British Empire is commemorated in Southampton, and will ask whether – in the context of debates around Colston and Rhodes – the city needs to rethink its own relationship to imperial history.
Dr Hannah Young will investigate the life and writings of A. B. C. Merriman-Labor, a Sierra Leonian whose satirical observations of British life challenged the racism and imperialism of the Edwardian age.
Dr Christopher Prior will use a single moment in sporting history – protests against ‘rebel tour’ leader Mike Gatting playing cricket in Southampton in summer 1989 – to consider the city’s place in an increasingly networked world of Global South activism.
Film Screening: Beyond “There is Always a Black Issue Dear”
20 October 17:30-19:00
Winchester School of Art will be hosting an online screening of the award-winning film BEYOND “There is Always A Black Issue Dear”. The film explores and celebrates the role of black LGBT communities in fashion, fine art, dance, music and language.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A session and conversation with the director of the film, Claire Lawrie, and some of the actors and models in the film.
Please visit the Eventbrite page to register for a place
“Taste of West Africa” in The Bridge, Highfield campus
21 October 18:00-22:00
Our students take over the Bridge to cook up delicious West African dishes.
Students with Businesses
23 October 18:00-19:00
Meet the inspirational Black students who run businesses alongside their studies, hosted by the SUSU VP Democracy and Education, Avila Chidume.
Find out more about events celebrating Black History Month through the BAME Network SharePoint and the Human Worlds festival.
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