“Call Mr. Robeson.” A Life, With Songs, Written and performed by Tayo Aluko
IBAR is very proud to present Call Mr. Robeson. A Life, With Songs, Written and performed by Tayo Aluko. It will be shown at the…
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Conference: Black Mobilities in the Atlantic World
We are excited to announce our upcoming conference with our Conference Call for Papers – ‘Black Mobilities in the Atlantic World’ – Institute for Black…
IBAR receives a £5,000 commission to investigate the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society’s links to abolition and slavery in the period 1780-1865.
The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society was founded in 1781, at a time when the city’s rapidly mechanising textile industry placed it at the centre…
Arts and Activism in the Age of Black Lives Matter Webinar Series
Between June and July 2021 Preston Black History Group and the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, sponsored by the Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile…
Exhibition Lubaina Himid “Memorial to Zong” at the Lancaster Maritime Museum
Image: Lubaina Himid “Memorial to Zong,” photographer: Andy Keate, image courtesy of Hollybush Gardens & the artist IBAR is proud to announce the exhibition of…
CFP: The Anthropocene and Race Conference
Feb 5-6 2021 The Anthropocene and Race University of Central Lancashire, Preston Hosted by the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, the Asia Pacific Studies Institute…
The Amazing Ira Aldridge: The story of a black American actor on British stages in the nineteenth century
Tuesday 19 November, 5:30pm Livesey Cafe, University of Central Lancashire, Heatley Street, Preston African American actor, Ira Aldridge arrived in England in 1827 and forged…