The premiere of Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge will take place on 28 March from 6.30pm and is hosted by Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH).
Black History Month in Cambridge brings an opportunity to take part in topical discussions, appreciate art and hear from a range of engaging speakers.
The largest survey to date of the opinions and attitudes of Black people in Britain has revealed a central split on the question of British pride.
A major new exhibition explores Cambridge's role in slavery, the people it affected and their resistance to it.
Historian Dr Meg Foster shatters the myth that “Black Douglas” murdered a white woman and tells the story of an intelligent survivor
Tyra Amofah-Akardom, Rumbidzai Dube and Surer Mohamed reflect on the Black Cantabs Research Society – a counter-history project, designed to uncover and preserve the legacies of Black Cambridge alumni – and discuss what it means to be a Black student at Cambridge.
Major survey on Black British life launched by Cambridge University and The Voice newspaper.
To celebrate Black History Month 2020, an exhibition curated by Africans in STEM entitled ‘Past & Present: Black Legacies in STEM’ launches online today (5 October).
As the UK marks Black History Month, researchers from across the University talk about their route to Cambridge, their inspiration and their motivation.
As Europe expanded its overseas colonies, fixed ideas of racial differences took hold. Historian Dr Mélanie Lamotte, whose forebears include a slave, is researching a brief period when European notions of ethnicity were relatively fluid. Early French settlers believed that non-white inhabitants of the colonies could be ‘civilised’ and ‘improved’.
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