News and events

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Videos

Some of our events are livestreamed or recorded for those who are interested but can't attend. These recordings can be viewed below.

Dr Lisa Amanda Palmer presents her research on the complexities that exist within the Lovers’ Rock reggae scene in relation to the cultural politics of gendering and love.

What does it mean to be a scholar activist? Leading Routes and the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre discussed recent interventions both within and outside of UK higher education that are committed to tackling intersecting forms of racialised injustice within and beyond the westernised university.

Webinars on The Exchange bring together a range of guest speakers in an inclusive space to exchange ideas, raise awareness and address issues and perspectives that are oftentimes underrepresented in the public arena and in academic research.

Unsettled Multiculturalisms

With Professor Barnor Hesse of Northwestern University, Chicago. This four-part webinar series discusses concurrent racial catastrophes that have unfolded during 2020 through Professor Hesse’s idea on race and ‘transruptions’ and addresses questions relating to the social and global problem of contemporary racism.

The series marks the 20th anniversary of Professor Barnor Hesse’s edited landmark publication of the same name. Each of the webinars will gather together world leading international scholars and thinkers from across the globe to discuss ways to navigate and respond to the urgent issues of our times. Through discussion we will examine the racist fault lines of Grenfell and the Windrush Scandal and discuss the global impact of COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement to the extent that anti-black racism has also been named as ‘pandemic’.

Learn more about the Unsettled Multiculturalisms speakers.