UK Book Launch: Prof. Jeffrey R. Kerr-Ritchie “Rebellious Passage: The Creole Revolt & America’s Coastal Slave Trade”
UCLan’s Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX) and IBAR are proud to announce a talk by renowned historian of slavery and abolition Prof…
Prof. Lisa Merrill (Hofstra) Lecture On “Spectacularising Black Bodies on 19th Century Stages,” ISM, Liverpool 27/6/17
Image: As a performative intervention, William Wells Brown placed Punch’s 17 May 1851 illustration of ‘The Virginian Slave’ alongside Powers’ sculpture of ‘The Greek Slave’…
Caribbean Research Seminar in the North
Image: Lubaina Himid “Toussaint L’Ouverture” (Cut Out) (1987) The Caribbean Research Seminar in the North is organised in association with the Society of Caribbean Studies…
The Birth of a Nation: Regions, Nations and the Transnational, Symposium, Whitworth Gallery, 28-29 May 2015
Co-hosted by IBAR, the second symposium of the network, Art, Culture and Ethics in Black and White: 100 Years of The Birth of a Nation…
Theatre and Performance Conference, 19-20 June 2015
Ⓒ Lubaina Himid ‘Naming The Money’ (2004) The conference will feature papers and performances from a wide range of disciplines and play host to an…
New York filmmaker Sikay Tang joins IBAR as Visiting Fellow
We are delighted to announce that New York based film Sikay Tang is joining IBAR as a visiting fellow from April 24th to the end…
Author Noo Saro-Wiwa Visits UCLan, Monday 16th March 2015
Author and journalist Noo Saro-Wiwa will be visiting UCLan to read from her acclaimed book, Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, and telling us…
Public Lecture at International Slavery Museum, Liverpool
Public Lecture at International Slavery Museum, Liverpool “‘Save the blacks from the servitude of the whites”: Congolese Writing about Congo on the Threshold of Independence’…
IBAR Research Showcase At the Media Innovation Studio 21/1/2015
IBAR is inviting everyone to find out more about the thrilling research that is being undertaken at the new institute. This event will feature presentations…
Symposium: “100 Years of D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’,” British Library, 28/11/14
Professor Alan RIce launched the Symposium: 100 Years of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation, which took place Friday 28 November 2014, 12:30-17:00 at…
