Department of American and Canadian Studies

Events from the last 12 months

Wash – A novel on American Slavery

Date
15/10/2014
Description
The award-winning American author Margaret Wrinkle will offer a reading and discussion, as well as a public conversation with Katie Hamilton of The University of Nottingham and audience Q&A.

Malcolm X in Britain – race, immigration and the transatlantic civil rights movement

Date
28/10/2014
Description
This talk explores Malcolm's visits to Britain, setting them in the context of connections between British and American movements for race equality, and the attempts by African Americans and black Britons to use the transatlantic connection for their own purposes.

The American Mind – Race, slavery and liberty

Date
29/10/2014
Description
Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor of History and Law at Harvard University, will discuss America's struggles over slavery, race and freedom, including the legacies of that struggle in culture, law and the American imagination. Part of UoN Black History Month 2014.

Faculty of Arts Centres and Institutes event

Date
17 - 18/09/2014
Description
A two-day event for members of the Arts Faculty's Centres and Institutes, featuring a sandpit on day 2.

Horizon 2020 information event

Date
09/09/2014
Description
An information event on Horizon 2020: 'Collaborations and Accessing European Research'

Life is at Stake: A History of Slavery in Black British and African American Art

Date
23/06/2014
Description
A leading expert on slavery and art, Professor Bernier, will trace the living history of slavery in rarely-seen paintings, murals, sculptures, drawings and prints by African, African American and Black British artists working today.

Early Career Fellowships Event 2014

Date
04/06/2014
Description
Our regular - and very popular - session charting funding opportunities in the Arts and Social Sciences for Early Career Researchers and offering tips for success.

Presentation by Dr Ken Emond, Head of Research Awards at the British Academy

Date
21/05/2014
Description
The Head of Research Awards for the British Academy, Dr Ken Emond, will visit Nottingham to give a presentation on current calls and future developments at the British Academy.

Eric Pullin Resisting the Cold War

Date
28/05/2014
Description
'Resisting the Cold War: India and the Cultural Politics of Super Power Propaganda' Eric Pullin, Carthage College - After winning its independence in 1947, India quickly became a major ideological battleground in the Cold War. To the rival American and Soviet superpowers, propaganda and psychological warfare offered a means of securing the support of nonaligned India. Find out more!

The British Library Labs: Exploring the Library's Digital Cultural and Historic Heritage

Date
04/04/2014
Description
Mahendra Mahey and Ben O'Steen will talk about the British Library Labs project which is about getting scholars to use the British Library's incredible digital collections for their research, through various activities such as competitions, hack events and projects.
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