Birmingham
Scholarly Links
The ASAUK (Association of African Studies) is a scholarly organisation with a membership that includes academics, journalists and broadcasters, civil servants and many others with an interest in Africa.
A major aim of the ASAUK is to facilitate linkages between UK and African institutions, and between scholars in Africa and the UK. ASAUK support African scholars publishing in Africanist journals published in the UK, scholarly journal publishing in Africa, scholarly book publishing in Africa, and the exchange of ideas in and about Africa.
Two major programmes are the ASAUK teaching fellowships and the ASAUK writing workshops which are designed to support and strengthen the connections between academics in the UK and their colleagues in Africa.
ASAUK also encourages early career scholars with an interest in African Studies to undertake the highest quality research and to remain involved in the field. Postgraduate research students registered in the UK are encouraged to join the ASAUK.
The ASAUK Council, in association with the British Academy, is offering a teaching fellowship of up to £9,000 to a UK based academic for work in an African University during 2011-12. Ideally applicants should be early career academics that have recently finished doctoral degrees on African topics in British Universities. But we will also consider doctoral students, especially those with some teaching experience, and other applicants based in British universities. To find out more see www.asauk.net
Council meeting of the Association of African Studies UK
Fri 7 Oct
Centre for West African Studies, Danford Room, Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT 1-3.30pm, free, but please contact David Kerr d.kerr@asauk.net. www.birmingham.ac.uk/collections/blackhistory. www.asauk.net
Photo Finish
Wed 12 Oct
The images of athlete Jesse Owens, who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, are all original photographs - stuck in a commemorative album (held at Cadbury Research Librar, entitled 'Olympia 1936 - Die Olypischen Spiele 1936 Band 2', published by Cigaretten-Bilderdienstal Altona-Bahrenfeld' [a German cigarette card company] reference Cadbury Research Library rqGV722.)
Images from the Cadbury Research Library will be used in a talk entitled Journey Through Time: Black History Through the Ages from the Cadbury Research Library, 1.15pm.
See the full programme of events around Black History from Birmingham University’s
Collections at www.birmingham.ac.uk/collections/blackhistory
Brighton
Positive Hair Day talk
Thur 20 Oct
BRIGHTON MUSEUM, 4-6pm, free drop-in
Discover how the Positive Hair Day project uses the subject of hair to map the heritage and experiences of the local black and mixed heritage community. All welcome. In partnership with Brighton-based afro hairdressers Shae Shae Creations
Positive Hair Day: Mobile exhibition and book launch
Sun 13 Nov
BRIGHTON MUSEUM, 2-5pm, free drop-in.
Celebrate the launch of this Brighton-based community heritage project. Exhibition, HAIRstories and Caribbean food. All welcome.
www.positivehairday.org.uk
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens
Brighton East Sussex, BN1 1EE
Tel: 03000 290900
Scotland
Scotland: Past, Present and the Future
The theme for this year's BHM celebrations is 'Past, Present and the Future', linking in with other BHM events across the country. The events will highlight the achievements made by Black and Minority Ethnic people to Scottish society and the world as a whole.
Black History Month 10 Minute Talks
A series of 10 minute lunchtime talks which feature original artefacts from the Museum’s acclaimed collections.
4 Oct: Tantalum mining in Africa: mobile phones, conflict and a better future by Dr John Faithful.
11 Oct: Alexander the Great: the coinage of an empire by Scott Ross.
25 Oct: Teaching Africa: an insight through artefacts by Rachael Egan and Dave Jones.
By Any Means Necessary: The life and legacy of Malcolm X
15 Oct
Department of Adult and Continuing Education
Glasgow and the Abolition of Slavery
22 October
Department of Adult and Continuing Education
A free day event led by Bernard Aspinwall.
Contact: DACE Information Centre. Tel: 330 1860. Email: dace-query@educ.gla.ac.uk Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Gilbert Scott Building, Glasgow G12 www.hunterian.gla.ac.uk
London
Discovery and Difference
A night of diversity with many different people with many different voices. There will be live performances, poetry readings, public speakers an art exhibition and screenings of short films. Come along to a night of discovery and difference.
Tues 18 Oct, 7pm-10:30pm,
Abuja Connections Restaurant 112 – 114 Anerley Road, Crystal Palace, SE19 2AN.
www.markanthonyabel.com
London Today
The Museum of London stages the sounds of Calypso and also tackles the issues around modern day slavery in Britain today.
Over 15,000 domestic workers leave their families to come to Britain every year. Charities claim that many are not only badly treated but that they are living as slaves.
Britain’s Secret Slaves documentary, originally screened on Dispatches, investigates the plight of overseas domestic workers brought to the UK, and enslaved behind closed doors by rich and powerful employers in the upper levels of British society.
Many workers make the sacrifice to leave their country for the UK in order to better provide for their families back home. But lobby groups and charities communicate that a worrying proportion of domestic workers have their passports taken away from them, are kept locked up and subjected to sexual, physical and psychological abuse. Many are paid less than £50 a week for 20 hour days and some wages are withheld completely.
Even children face similar horrendous conditions; the filmmakers meet young people who were trafficked over to the UK as children and endured years of violence and forced labour. The programme also investigates claims that foreign diplomats are among the worst offenders in this flourishing form of modern slavery.
Sounds of the calypso @ Museum of London
Originally from Trinidad and Tobago and played on dustbin lids, oil drums and frying pans, calypso is now part of London's vibrant music scene.
Minimum age: 5, free
Dates and times
Mon 24 Oct 12.30 - 14.00
Mon 24 Oct 14.30 - 16.00
Tues 25 Oct 12.30 - 14.00
Tues 25 Oct 14.30 - 16.00
Modern slavery in London @ Museum of London Docklands
Tues 18 Oct 19.00 - 20.45
To mark Anti-Slavery Day, join experts Richard Martin, DCS of the Metropolitan Police and Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International, to discuss how modern slavery affects London and what initiatives can combat it. This discussion is followed by a screening of the documentary 'Britain's Secret Slaves'.
Minimum age: 18, free, advanced booking required In partnership with Anti-slavery International
Museum of London, London Wall, EC2Y 5HN. Tel: 020 7001 9844
www.museumoflondon.org.uk
Museum of London Docklands, West India Quay, E14 4AL. Tel: 020 7001 9844
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/docklands
Royal Reunion
Juliette Goddard’s artistic talent as a young student earned her a prized place at the Royal College of Art. Thirty years later she returned to meet up with other alumni who also had that royal seal of approval
“I remember in the 1980’s, as a student, the chances of getting a place at the Royal College of Art (RCA) were very, very, very slim. I think it was five hundred applicants for eight places in the Printmaking Department, so competition was tough.
Art reflects all cultural standpoints. The photography work of Ekua Mcmorris and textile designs of Emamoke Ukeleghe both used a combination of culture and politics demonstrating the importance of using your heritage as inspiration; it’s not black art.
Or white art, as Caroline Sardine showed - her work is even a little bit aboriginal, using found objects collaged together, giving the feel of the outsider's art.
So the recent gathering of alumni at The RCA Black Exhibition (put together with the African and African Caribbean Design Diaspora) saw some of the finest graduates (disparate, yet with a strand of cultural commonality) over the past 60 years under the same roof.
The exhibition featured twenty three outstanding artists and designers including Frank Bowling RA painter, Eileen Perrier photographer, Faisal Abdu Allah photographer, printed images and fashion designer Charlie Allen and the textile designer Althea Mcnish.
Other RCA top brass include David Hockney, Tracey Emin and James Dyson which gives further muscle to the diversity drive that the college now seeks to embrace.
There were no black tutors when I was at the RCA, but it was John Hoyland who always wanted to change that politic and witnessing how difficult it was to do, it was fantastic to listen to current RCA Rector, Dr Paul Thompson re-iterate his wish to engage more talented students from ethnic minority groups, such as the African and Caribbean communities, as part of the ongoing bid to attract the best talent from across the nation.
The RCA Black exhibition will be followed up with exhibits at the Barge House Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, Barge House Street, London, SE1 9PH. Supported by the British European Design group and the African and African Caribbean Design Diaspora.
See www.aacdd.org for full details.
School Science
The Real McCoy storytelling
A storytelling adventure for KS1 about the life of Elijah McCoy, an African American who changed the way trains work for ever. This fun interactive session involves plenty of pupil participation.
Taking place on 3, 4, 10, 11*, 17 and 18* October 2011 at 11.00, 12.00 and 13.00. Last 30 minutes.
*These will be deaf-lead performances accompanied by a BSL inter peter.
Revolting Remedies
An entertaining show for KS2 about disgusting diseases, messy medicines and four of the black achievers who helped to solve medical problems - Ancient Egyptian doctor Lady Pesechet, African American slave Onesimus, British doctor John Alcindor and African American doctor Charles Drew.
Taking place on 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 October 2011 at 11.00 and 13.00. Lasts 30 minutes.
Science Secrets
An interactive gallery tour for KS2 uncovering the hidden contributions of Benjamin Banneker, Lewis Latimer, Garrett Morgan and Mae Jemison -- African American inventors, scientists and doctors whose bright ideas and burning ambitions helped to shape our lives today.
Taking place on term-time weekdays throughout October 2011 at 11.00 and 13.00. Lasts 35 minutes.
Cost: The Real McCoy - £3 per student; Revolting Remedies - £4 per student; Science Secrets - £1.50 per student; accompanying adults free.
Science Museum. Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London , SW7 2DD www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Southwark Speaks (by text)
Network is a specially commissioned
film by artist Sonia Boyce which explores how forms of social
communication, such as mobile
phones and social networking sites,
have become the most popular ways
for young people to maintain their
relationships with friends and family.
The exhibition will comprise a series
of films choreographed in the gallery space as an installation.
There will also be a set of
cinematic dialogues featuring the
young people in front of as well as
behind the camera. Boyce worked
with the VAPA young women’s
group to chart the nature of these
relationships and the languages
that have formed around these
technologies.
Network by Sonia Boyce
Until Sat 19 Nov
Tues to Fri, 11am-5pm.
Sat, 11am-4pm, free.
Contact: Peckham Space
Tel: 020 7358 9645. info@peckhamspace.com www.peckhamspace.com
For full listings of BHM events in Southwark see
www.southwark.gov.uk/blackhistorymonth.
Tel: 020 7525 2000 or email
blackhistorymonth@southwark.gov.uk.
Midlands
Midland Histories
Ethnic Community Histories in the Midlands is a collection of essays on the histories of people in the region, between the 17th century and the present. Contributions focus on Black, Asian and Jewish experiences in Birmingham and surrounding locations. The journal is edited by Dr Malcolm Dick (University of Birmingham) and Dr Rajinder Dudrah (University of Manchester) and published by Maney. Copies will be on sale at the launch.
www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/mdh/
Wed 2 Nov
The launch of the special edition of Ethnic Community Histories in the Midlands, The Rotunda, Aston Webb Building, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, 4.30-6.00pm Contact: Malcolm Dick on m.m.dick@bham.ac.uk.
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