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Discussion on grassroots activism

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Centre for Research in Race and Rights holds wide-ranging debate on the Black Lives Matter Movement as it relates to Nottingham's community
Date:
05/06/2015

Call for papers: Teaching America - a special blog series by HOTCUS for US Studies Online

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The Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS) invite submissions for a series of short blog posts on designing and teaching modules in the fields of U.S. history and American Studies with a deadline of 12 August.
Date:
04/06/2015

Event at Nottingham Contemporary draws large crowd

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Public conversation between C3R co-director Sharon Monteith, American Studies Association President David Roediger and performance poet Marquese McFerguson
Date:
26/05/2015

The Mediterranean crisis – is not like the slave trade.

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An open letter signed by more than 250 academics and experts on slavery and migration from around the globe, has condemned the EU's efforts to prevent migrants from leaving the North African coast. The University of Nottingham's Professor Zoe Trodd and Professor Stephen Hodkinson advise that there is much we might learn from the antislavery past and that the historical 'lesson' is that wealthier nations flourish best when they adapt flexibly and accommodate migrant peoples.
Date:
21/05/2015

Black soldiers: new Race and Rights blog series

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In a new blog series to mark the 150th anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War in 1865, James Brookes of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights analyses the visual culture of African American flags - regimental colours that expressed the black experience of war and of life in America itself.
Date:
11/05/2015
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