Tag: Birmingham
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5000 Miles and 70 Years: Vanley Burke’s Windrush-inspired installation at Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
A new site-specific installation ‘5000 Miles and 70 Years’ by the internationally renowned photographer Vanley Burke was launched at Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham on Friday 4 May 2018. The installation featured a collage of archival materials and photographs from the artist’s extensive portfolio of images relating to the lived experiences of African and…
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Activism and Scholarship: Achieving the “Plenitude of Blackness”
The Black Studies Association conference – “Blackness in Britain 2015: ‘The Black Special Relationship’” (held at Birmingham City University, 30-31 October 2015) – explored the nature of black activism within and beyond the UK higher education sector, with a particular focus on the historical and contemporary impacts of African-American scholarship on black intellectual life in Britain. Established and early career researchers from a range of…
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“At Home with Vanley Burke”: an immersive installation at the Ikon Gallery
When curators of the recently opened exhibition at the Ikon Gallery invited audiences to feel “At Home with Vanley Burke“ (22 July – 27 September 2015) I was quite cautious about whether a mainstream British art gallery could create a welcoming space that centralised black British social, political and cultural narratives. However, I immediately overcame my initial skepticism as soon…
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Black Studies Association Conference: Blackness in Britain 2015 (Birmingham City University, 30-31 October)
The theme of the Black Studies Association annual conference is “The Black Special Relationship: The US influence on British Black Studies.” This two-day event takes place at Birmingham City University, 30-31 October 2015, and its programme is concerned with an examination of ways in which Black British intellectual life has been influenced by African-American scholarship…
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