IBAR and project partners launch exhibition catalogue “Facing the Past: Black Lancastrians”
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Facing the Past symposium and catalogue launch at the Judges’ Lodgings Museum on 18 July 2023 in…
News
News and Event information 
Global News Coverage of Commemoration hosted by IBAR: Battle of Bamber Bridge 80th Anniversary
Prof Gary Younge and Prof Alan Rice. Photo: Tony Maiden (tony@prestonblackhistorygroup) The events held on 23-25 June 2023 to mark the 80th anniversary of the…
Battle of Bamber Bridge 80th Anniversary Commemoration Event
Image: Professor Alan Rice meets with key stakeholders for the 80th Anniversary event (left to right: Prof Rice, IBAR, UCLAN; Jemma Rodgers, Producer, The Return…
Artist Dr Jade Montserrat Will be Re-Joining IBAR as MIDEX Fellow
We are pleased to announce that Scarborough-based artist Dr Jade Montserrat is our visiting fellow for spring and summer 2023 at MIDEX and IBAR. Her…
UCLan researchers and Preston Black History Group launch new book ‘England is my home’: Windrush lives in Lancashire
A new book ‘England is my Home’: Windrush Lives in Lancashire was launched on Tuesday 25 October 2022 at the Jalgos Club in Preston. The…
Prof Gretchen Gerzina launches a new edition of “Black England”
NB. Sadly, due to unforeseen circumstances, both events are cancelled. If there are new dates in the future, we will advertise them. Apologies from the…
IBAR a Key Partner as Judges’ Lodgings Museum commissions Kendal artist Lela Harris for its Facing the Past project
At a public lecture at the Judges’ Lodgings Museum in 2020, Professor Alan Rice was asked what could be done to change things at the…
Black Mobilities Conference – Public Recordings Available
In January 2022 IBAR hosted the online conference Black Mobilities in the Atlantic World. The keynote lecture of the event and a creative practitioners’ roundtable…