Exciting Conference on Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic to be held at IBAR
The conference The Red and the Black – The Russian Revolution and the Black Atlantic will be held at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research (IBAR),…
Yvonne Reddick and Raphael Hoermann receive fellowships at the Linnaeus Foundation
September and October 2016 – Dr. Yvonne Reddick received a 1-month fellowship and Dr. Raphael Hoermann a 3-month fellowship at the Linnaeus Foundation in Sweden to work…
200,000 Euros for Dr. Izabella Penier
August 2016 – Dr. Izabella Penier has received 200,000 Euros from the Horizon 2020, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action programme for the Postdoctoral Fellowship project. This is…
Literary Hauntings: A Walking Tour of Lancaster & Its Dark Past
This tour will take visitors on a journey through Lancaster’s hidden history of Black Presence and the literature that recalls it. Our journey spans the…
Prof. Lisa Merrill (Hofstra) on her time as an IBAR Fellow
In April and May 2016, Prof. Lisa Merrill from Hofstra University in New York joined IBAR as its second IBAR Fellow after New York film-maker…
Meet the Artist – Jade Montserrat
Documentary photograph by Alethea Raban, ‘Interrogations and Interrelations: Iterations of the Rainbow Tribe’, ]performance s p a c e[ , 2014. Image courtesy of the…
Art, Politics and Performance in the Black Atlantic 1789-2016 – April 14-15 2016
Image: Lubaina Himid “Singer” (2010), acrylic on paper, from the “Tailor, Striker, Singer, Dandy Series”, courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, photograph by Andy…
After Revolution: Versions and Re-visions of Haiti
Scholars from Centre for the Study of International Slavery (Liverpool) and IBAR are collaborating to host a 9-10 July 2015 conference on Haiti at UCLAN (Preston).
Representing and Remembering Slavery in the Americas 30-31st May 2014
"Two members of IBAR, Dyana Saad and Raphael Hoermann, attended the conference "Representing and Remembering Slavery in the Americas, University of York, 30-31 May 2014." Here is a report of the conference written by Dyana Saad"
Thin Black Line(s)
Thin Black Line(s) 2011/2012 Tate Britain re-assessed a lost curatorial moment and illustrated the connectivity and influence of black women artists working in London in the 1980s on contemporary art practice at the turn of the century.
A visit Sambo’s grave at Sunderland Point
Professor Alan Rice and writer Caryl Phillips visit Sambo's grave at Sunderland Point as part of his trip to UCLan on the Distinguished Visitor Programme.
UCLan Launches African Atlantic Studies Institute
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has launched a research institute to work with leading UK organisations to promote African Atlantic studies.
Images and Conversations from the 1980’s
The show-reel produced by Susan Walsh played a central role in the Tate Britain display Thin Black Line(s).
Significant Other: Invisible People
an attempt to give recognition to the varied histories and skills of the many homeless people.
