The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Staff Network , working Public Engagement and Research unit (PERu) and Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) will be leading the University in celebrating Black History Month UK which runs during the month of October.
This year’s Black History Month theme is ‘Proud to be’, for example, Proud To Be Black, Proud To Be Brown, Proud to Be Black and LGBT+ and most simply… Proud to Be Me.
Staff and students from across the University, and wider community, have planned a range of activities which you can get involved in.
Coming up:
Enduring Freedom? The 20-year mission in Afghanistan
Thursday 7 October 19:00-20:30 (online)
Thursday 7 October marks the twenty-year anniversary of the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan – the NATO operation endorsed by the UN Security Council following the 9/11 attacks.
To mark this anniversary, scholars from the University of Southampton’s History department are hosting an online event to explore the operation from four perspectives:
- “As known in history as the graveyard of empires”: Was the failure of Enduring Freedom’s nation building effort inevitable? – Dr Chris Fuller
- Cherie and Laura Lift the Veil: the women and girls of Afghanistan and the language of the War on Terror – Dr Charlotte Riley
- “Never out of the fight.” Hollywood’s representation of American foreign policy in Afghanistan – Olivia Flint, PhD candidate
- Decent and indecent intervals: comparing the fall of Saigon and the fall of Kabul – Professor Kendrick Oliver
Find out more about the Enduring Freedom event
BME experiences in higher education: policy making, social justice and white privilege
Wednesday 13 October 2021, 13:00 -14:15 (online)
Join Professor Kalwant Bhopal, University of Birmingham, for a talk that will explore the experiences of BME (Black and minority ethnic) academics in higher education.
This talk will explore the experiences of BME academics in higher education. It will argue that despite significant advances and an increase in BME students numbers, inequalities in higher education for BME groups continue to exist. The talk will examine how policy making works within a framework of white privilege to perpetuate the interests of white groups. In this respect, such policy making is deliberate and intended to advantage white groups.
Find out more about the BME experiences in higher education event
Book your space on the events and find out about more events through the What’s On Calendar.
For more information on events and activities please go to the UoS BAME Staff Network SharePoint site or the Southampton arts and humanities festival site.
If you are organising an event or activity which you would like to include in the calendar of celebrations please get in touch with Aysha Rahman.
The UoS BAME Staff Network welcomes all staff and PGRs who self-identify as Black or Minority Ethnic (including international staff).
To join the Network please email [email protected] or
contact Aysha Rahman or Bhupinder Siran
