Marc-William Palen
History Department, University of Exeter

Our friends and colleagues at British, Irish and Empire Studies at the University of Texas at Austin (Prof. Philippa Levine, Director) have announced their full lineup for this term’s virtual speaker series on ‘Black Britain’. Further details (including a link to register, etc.) below. UK readers, please note that the first seminar is this evening (6pm GMT).

The Contours of Race in Britain Past and Present

Presentation by:

Shahmima Akhtar
Royal Holloway University of London

Liam Liburd
University of Durham

Chair: Eddie Chambers
University of Texas at Austin

Monday, 4 October | Noon CDT (6 p.m. GMT)

Forgotten Lives: The Individual and the Archive in
Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Black British History

Presentation by:

Gretchen Gerzina
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ryan Hanley
Exeter University

Chair: Helena Woodard
University of Texas at Austin

Thursday, 21 October | Noon CDT (6 p.m. GMT)

Early Modern Black Britain: Now and Then

Presentation by:

Tamara Lewis
Southern Methodist University

John Meyer
University of Texas at Austin

Chair: Aaron Pratt
University of Texas at Austin

Friday, 29 October | Noon CDT (6 p.m. GMT)

Race, Ethnicity and the Visual Arts in 21st Century Britain

Presentation by:

Eddie Chambers
University of Texas at Austin

Richard Hylton
SOAS University of London

Chair: Emily Burns
Auburn University

Friday, 12 November | Noon CST (6 p.m. GMT)

Borders, Deportation and Discrimination

Presentation by:

Luke De Noronha
University College London

Andrew Thompson
Oxford University

Chair: Madeline Hsu
University of Texas at Austin

Monday, 6 December | Noon CST (6 p.m. GMT)

For further information and to register for the Zoom events, please click here.