Colonialism and the streets of London
Vanishing Empire A tour of city of London developed by London Arts and Humanities Partnership research student Hardeep Dhindsa as part of a placement at Bishopsgate Institute which explores and traces the legacy of the British Empire and colonialism in the streets and architecture of the centre of London. Download the self guided map to learn […]
Norwich Women’s Film Weekend: online archive
The Norwich Women’s Film Weekend (or NWFW) was a two-day annual event created by Cinewomen that ran for 10 years, from 1979 to 1989, at Cinema City in Norwich. The NWFW lasted longer than any other women’s film festival in the UK. In 2021 the NWFW archive was deposited with Norfolk Heritage Centre and in […]
Black students and access to HE
78% of universities are less likely to make Black students an offer to study than other similar applicants, according to the Ethnic Representation Index (ERI) launched by University of the Arts, London to measure the progress made by universities in the last year towards achieving racial equity.Its methodology is based on 4 areas: The full methodology and […]
Diversity of Muslim heritage trail
A new mapping on the Layers of London site which has been curated by the Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative It provides a key mapping of areas of London which are of significance to the history of Muslims in London. It includes biographies of key figures. Only contains 6 entries at the time of blogging.
The Mixed Museum
Exhibitions at The Mixed Museum A digital museum which records and explores history of ethnic and inter-racial mixing in the UK. It has a timeline of the history of ‘mixing’ and also includes a growing number of on line exhibitions with photographs and texts. One exhibition, curated by Professor Lucy Bland, is based on her […]
A.Sivanandan 1923-2018, thoughts and writings.
A.Sivanandan was one of the most important and influential black thinkers in the UK, changing many of the orthodoxies on ‘race’, heading the Institute of Race Relations for almost forty years, founding the journal Race & Class, and writing the award-winning novel, When Memory Dies, on his native Sri Lanka. This website celebrates his life and […]
Say my name right
Say my Name Right is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University. It draws on findings from the Say My Name research project funded by the British Academy which explored the impact on students of staff avoiding saying their name or mispronouncing it. It emphasizes how important it is for staff to learn how to […]
Black History in 100 Objects
Oxfam GB | Black History in 100 Objects Oxfam is crowdsourcing a collection of 100 objects that express everyday Black history in the UK. These include statues, books, buildings and household object. See the contributions and add your own.
Dialect and Heritage project
Dialect and Heritage projectThis project from the University of Leeds in partnership with local museums aims to update the original 1951 survey of dialects which surveyed mainly older men in rural areas. It aims to collect and geographically map local terms in use in Britain today. The site has images from the older survey and […]
Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings
A University of Edinburgh CDCS and genderEd online book-launch event held in September 2022. In Conversation with Professor Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh, School of Political Science), Professor Melissa Terras (Edinburgh College of Art) and Elizabeth Crawford (independent Suffrage Historian) discuss the content and making of their new edited collection: Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings (UCL Press, 2022). The event discusses […]
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