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"Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam" - A Conversation with Imam Mustafa Briggs

Join us for this year's New College Black History Lecture where we host a conversation with Imam Mustafa Briggs about his new book, "Beyond Bilal: Black History in Islam." This…

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What Do Black Rights and Reparations Look Like? – 25 October 2022

Co-sponsored by RACE.ED, Edinburgh Race Equality Network (EREN) and The Sudanese Community in Edinburgh With Zaki El-Salahi, Chaired by Katucha Bento (University of Edinburgh) Each year, The…

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Student feedback on Wikipedia in the Curriculum assignments

Lorna Campbell, OER Services at University of Edinburgh, and Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, present student feedback from 7 years' of Wikipedia in the…

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BHM 2021: Black LGBT+ Lives Around the World

A panel discussion with speakers from around the world, discussing their experiences with being Black in the international LGBTQ+ community. To celebrate Black History Month, we invited a panel…

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Scotland, Slavery and Black History - Wikipedia in the Classroom panel discussion

University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2021 Session title: - Wikipedia in the Classroom – Student-led activism promoting knowledge equity and SDG4 Chair: Jon Turner…

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Revisiting the AfroCROWD Juneteenth Wiki Civil Rights Conference of 2020

SpeakersSherry Antoine, ED AfroCROWD.org (host)Alexandria Lockett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Spelman CollegeBrandon Sullivan, Wiki Caribbean CommunicationsLinda Fletcher, AfroCROWD Community…

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De-Representing the Black Body in Brazilian Colonial Imagination – 16 June 2021

RACE.ED Seminar with Osmundo Pinho, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) In this RACE.ED seminar, Dr Osmundo Pinho examines how representation, specifically in images from the colonial imagination in…

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'Juneteenth'

A short lecture on the history and significance of 'Juneteenth' by Prof. Joyce Hope Scott (Boston University)

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Black Women and French Citizenship - RACE.ED and Centre of African Studies Seminar

19 May 2021 Speakers:Annette Joseph-Gabriel, Assistant Professor of French, The University of Michigan Mame Fatou Niang, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Carnegie Mellon…

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James Tait Black 2021 - Fiction shortlist

The four books shortlisted for the fiction prize are: Alligator & Other Stories (Picador) By Dima Alzayat; The First Woman (Oneworld) by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi; A Children’s Bible (W.W.…

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James Tait Black 2021 - Biography shortlist

The four biographies shortlisted for the prize are: The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire (Yale) by Kate Fullagar; A Ghost in the Throat (Tramp Press) by Doireann…

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Wikipedia in the Curriculum in 'the new normal': Student-led activism promoting knowledge equity and SDG4.

Presentation by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh, for the Open Education Resources Conference 2021. 21-22 April 2021 Wikipedia in the Classroom in the new…

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The Edinburgh Race Lectures: The Eclipse of Black Women in Anti-Discrimination Law - 9 December 2020

'The Eclipse of Black Women in Anti-Discrimination Law'by Professor Iyiola Solanke, Chair of European Union Law and Social Justice within the University of Leeds Law School.Chaired by Dr…

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The Edinburgh Race Lectures: Representing Slavery in Contemporary Black British Women’s Plays - 26 November 2020

'Representing Slavery in Contemporary Black British Women’s Plays: Race, Responsibility, Reparations' by Lynette Goddard, Professor of Black Theatre and Performance at Royal Holloway,…

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Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference: Panel Discussion 2

October 2020: Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference Panel Discussion from Day 2 involving: Dr Nira Chamberlain Natalya Silcott Dr Spencer Becker-Kahn Professor Nkechi Agwu Professor Edray Goins…

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Black Heroes of Mathematics - Welcome

On 26-27 October 2020, ICMS hosting Black Heroes of Mathematics Conference. The meeting is hosted by Nira Chamberlain (IMA) This video contains the welcome message from the other meeting partners…

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