There are lots of events happening across the University of Nottingham this October to mark Black History Month. We've picked out a few that we thought Humanities students would find interesting below. For more events, check out the full events listing.
White Riot film screening, with a conversation with Roger Huddle (Co-founder of Rock Against Racism)
Thursday, 14 October, from 6pm – 8.30pm at Lakeside Arts
Free to attend. Booking required for the film screening.
Join Lakeside for a film screening of ‘White Riot’, a documentary film which tells a powerful story of allyship through music. The film will be introduced by Vincent Wilson and followed by a live Q&A with Roger Huddle, Co-founder of Rock Against Racism. Presented by UoN BAME Staff Network, in association with MIMM, “Rubika Shah’s documentary about the British organization Rock Against Racism is a compelling depiction of political organizing in the 1970s.” (New York Times).
Content notes: Contains strong language and scenes depicting racism and racial slurs.
Summary: On August 5 1976 at a concert in Birmingham, the musician Eric Clapton began a short set with a racist monologue directed at non-white residents in the UK (foreigners), including Black, Arab and Jamaican communities. Within a week Roger Huddle, Red Saunders, Jo Wreford and Peter Bruno registered their disgust at Eric Clapton’s words, and the growing influence of the National Front on the streets of the UK, by writing a letter to the New Musical Express (NME) and launching the Rock Against Racism movement. Rubika Shah’s film ‘White Riot’ makes extensive use of archive footage to document the coming together of Black, White and Asian youth, under the musical umbrella of Punk Rock and Reggae, to counter growing racism and fascism in 1970s Britain. A key event in the Rock Against Racism movement, that provides a focus for the film, was a free concert in Victoria Park, London that attracted over 80,000 people. A major legacy of the concert and the Rock Against Racism movement is the path of empowerment for young people to work together and oppose racism in all its forms.
Book here.
Black History Month mini-symposium in Agriculture Science
Thursday, October 14, 2021 from 4pm – 5:30pm
Dr Molly Muleya, Dr Bipin Pandey & Dr Diriba Kumssa will each speak for 20 minutes on their own research (nutrients, water usew and fruits respectively) and personal experiences in Modern Agricultural Science, with time for follow-on questions.
This will be a hybrid face-to-face/MS Teams meeting in the Plant Sciences Lecture room at Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham.
Register for this event.
Black History Month Reading Group
Wednesday 20 October, from 4pm – 5pm
Join University of Nottingham Libraries and Dr Hannah Robbins (Director, Centre for Black Studies) for a reading group discussion of a title from the Black History Month reading list.
Voting has finished and the chosen book is ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’ by Reni Eddo-Lodge. The book is available for free via NUsearch and the BorrowBox app from local libraries. Find out more about the Black History MOnth reading group.
The reading group will be hosted online and we’ll be discussing the book in more detail as well as our other favourite titles. There’s still time to sign up for the reading group event.
Exile, Magic & Power
Wednesday 27 October, 6pm at Lakeside Arts
Pay what you can. Booking required.
A world-leader and award winner in storytelling and performer at major festivals both nationally and internationally, Jan Blake specialises in stories from Africa, the Caribbean and Arabia. Using the powerful story of Exile, Magic and Power, one told by Griots across West Africa but rarely heard in the UK, is about the legendary 13th Century Malian King Sundiata Keita. However, in this performance, Jan and her team will use technology, new ideas and exciting creativity to tell stories through digital means.
Book Exile, Magic and Power here.
Posted on Wednesday 6th October 2021