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 #PoTW: ‘Time Come’ Britain’s black futures past

 #PoTW: ‘Time Come’ Britain’s black futures past

by Talking Humanities | Jun 3, 2019 | Events, History & Classics, Human Rights, Languages & Literature, Politics & Law, PotW

‘It soon come’, runs the refrain in Linton Kwesi Johnson’s 1974 poem ‘Time Come’. ‘It soon come / look out! look out! look out!’. In the Institute of Historical Research’s 2019 Wiley Lecture, Dr Rob Waters will draw on the research for his new book, Thinking Black:...
A2BFour: bringing possibilities and role models to BAME youth

A2BFour: bringing possibilities and role models to BAME youth

by Talking Humanities | Nov 4, 2016 | Being Human festival, Events, Features, Fellowships & Networks, History & Classics, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

Image: John Blanke – black trumpeter to Henry VII and Henry VII. Detail from Westminster Tournament Roll 1511, © College of Arms used with permission Michael Ohajuru is a fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London’s School of Advanced...
Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

by Talking Humanities | Mar 14, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law

We talk to the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who says ‘far from gently fading away, the collective memory of empire and its consequences is becoming an ever more prominent element in current political debates.’ Professor Philip Murphy...

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