Black History Month 2024:
As part of Black History Month, CSIS collaborated on multiple projects and highlighted other city-wide events.
‘Radiance’ Art Exhibition by Mina Bihi
A vibrant mixed-media art installation by Mina Bihi was showcased on digital screens in the university’s libraries during October for Black History Month. The full digital exhibition can now be viewed via the CSIS YouTube channel. The collection weaves together creative and symbolic imagery to create a visual tapestry of Black beauty and pride, celebrating Black Joy.
Confronting Racism's Impact on Black Health in the Past and Present
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (12:15pm - 4pm)
LJMU Student Life Building
The Race and Critical Health Humanities Network was established by academics at Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Liverpool to encourage collaboration and foster dialogue between Liverpool institutions and healthcare providers.
This free event aimed to celebrate the work carried out by the creative artists and workshop participants on the Black Maternal Health Project that is ongoing in Liverpool. As part of this, the workshop leads and participants launched a leaflet aimed for NHS antenatal waiting rooms in support of Black mothers. This work was based around the use of historical source material relating to Black midwives to discuss changes and continuities in Black maternal healthcare.
The event also featured an important roundtable on the topic of mental health in Black communities, chaired by Historians Dr Ama Biney, with reflections from psychotherapists Helen George and Andrea Edwards.
Fascism, the Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: The Black Experience of White Supremacy with Dr Liam Liburd
Wednesday 9th October 2024 (5:30pm)
Central Teaching Hub Lecture Theatre B, Liverpool, L69 7BX
The University of Liverpool History Department hosted their Black History Month lecture with Dr Liam Liburd (University of Durham) who presented his work on the Black experience of fascism in Britain. The event was organised by the new Political Lives research cluster, which aims to bring together academics working on the lives and experiences of activists across a range of chronological periods and geographical locations.
An appeal to Anti-colonial education at UoL: A policy report launch
Tuesday 15th October 2024 (5pm - 7:30pm)
University of Liverpool School of Law & Social Justice
This event is a chance to be part of a groundbreaking initiative at the University of Liverpool. Join us for the launch of an important policy report that aims to reshape education through an anti-colonial lens. Help be at the forefront of change and contribute to a more inclusive and diverse academic environment. This event is open to University of Liverpool Staff and Students as well as members of the surrounding community.
Black, Female and British: Stories of port cities in the 1900s
23rd October 2024 (3:30pm)
Maritime Museum, Liverpool
Dr Nathalie Rech will shared early research into Black Women who entered UK state institutions in the early 20th Century. Her research aims to contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of white supremacy. The presentation focused on archival research in port cities with a larger Black presence, such as Liverpool, and Cardiff.
Liverpool, Slavery and Church of England: starting a journey of truth-telling, healing and repair
3rd December 2024 (3:00pm)
Online
The final webinar in our Truth Telling: Slavery and the Anglican Church series has now taken place. This webinar spotlights the journey in the Liverpool city region which has begun to confront and address the Anglican church's involvement in the traffic and enslavement of Africans and its legacies.
This was a panel discussion between Jennie Taylor, Malik Al Nasir, Malcolm Rodgers and moderated by Novelette-Aldoni Stewart. It not only outlined the truth to be told, but also shared experiences and considerations of further actions for repair which can contribute to communities’ journeys, in the region and beyond, towards racial justice and healing.