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Book launch: Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Tuesday October 29th 2024, 7:00pm to 8:30pm

On 29th October 2024 we are pleased to host the launch of Amy Ashwood Garvey and the Future of Black Feminist Archives by Nydia A Swaby. This book charts the journey of Black feminist, artist, researcher and curator Nydia A Swaby as she pieces together …

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New Formations Online Seminar: Editing a Special Issue

Monday September 9th 2024

16.00-17.00 BST, on Zoom Are you interested in editing a special themed issue of New Formations? In this online seminar, journal editor Jeremy Gilbert and deputy editor Rebecca Bramall will talk through what’s involved in developing a proposal, working …

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‘Renewing public education’ Launch Event

Online Tuesday May 21st 2024, 6pm

An online event to launch FORUM’s latest e-book:’Renewing public education: proposals for an inclusive, democratic and joyful system’ Join the discussion about new thinking in relation to education’s purposes as explored in FORUM’s new ebook. Clic …

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London by Shabna Begum

Brick Lane Bookshop Friday May 19th 2023, 7.00 - 8:30pm GMT

Author Shabna Begum in conversation with Denise Jones and Jumanah Younis. Hosted by Brick Lane Bookshop, 166 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU. Tickets £5.00. ‘Bengali squatters challenged the narrative about who belonged in the East End and, through their ref …

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields: The Bengali squatters’ movement and organising today

Online (Zoom) event Thursday May 4th 2023, 7.00 – 9.00pm GMT

‘Claiming the city, claiming a home.’ Join Shabna Begum in conversation with expert panellists, relating this radical hidden history to the realities of organising today. This free event is hosted by The Ella Baker School of Organising. Shabna Begum’s …

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From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s East London – Book Launch

Bishopsgate Institute Tuesday March 14th 2023, 6pm

Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2M 4QHTuesday 14 March 2023. 7.00 – 9.00pm GMT  Faced with institutional discrimination in council housing and the existential threat of the National Front, hundreds of Bengali families in 1970s East London decided …

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Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and Political – Book Launch

Monday March 6th 2023

Online (Zoom) webinar Monday 6 March 2023. 6.30 – 7.30pm GMT You can watch a recording of the event here Book launch and discussion with Jo Littler, Nancy Fraser, Verónica Gago and Sophia Siddiqui. Hosted by Lawrence Wishart and The Feminist Library. T …

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Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile – Book Launch

Online event Tuesday February 1st 2022, 19:00 – 20:30 GMT

Join us to celebrate the first book to chart the life and work of visionary and pioneer, Claudia Jones. With Jade Bentil, Lola Olufemi and Jumanah Younis. Tuesday 2 February 2022 7:00PM – 8:30PM GMT Housmans is delighted to announce this special event …

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This Conjuncture: Woke Capitalism

Online Event Monday November 8th 2021, 7:30pm

With Rosalind Gill, Akane Kanai, and Francesca Sobande Monday 8 November 2021 7:30PM – 9:00PM GMT  Online event  Corporate ‘wokeness’ puts positive messages deriving from radical politics to work in the interests of consumer capitalism. Join Rosalind G …

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This Conjuncture: Perspectives from Mexico

Online Event Monday November 1st 2021, 6:30pm

with Gabriela Méndez Cota and Benjamín Arditi Monday 1 November 2021 6:30PM – 8:00PM GMT Online event The electoral success of Mexico’s leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and the MORENA coalition has given rise to both optimism and concern. …

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This Conjuncture: Patriarchy in the Digital Conjuncture

Online Event Monday October 25th 2021, 6:30pm

Monday 25 October 2021 6:30PM – 8:00PM BST Online event Digital platforms create new opportunities to express misogyny in increasingly extreme ways, intersect with the structures of patriarchy sustained in everyday life. In the form of misogynistic ‘ra …

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This Conjuncture: Racial Capitalism

Online Event Monday October 18th 2021, 6:30pm

with Gargi Bhattacharyya and Anamik Saha Monday 18 October 2021 6:30PM – 8:00PM BST Online event Since its coinage by Cedric Robinson in 1983, the concept of racial capitalism has focused attention on the complex relationships between capital, class, r …

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This Conjuncture: The Environmental Conjuncture

Online Event Monday October 11th 2021, 6:30pm

with Ashley Dawson, Ben Highmore and Kate Soper Monday 11 October 2021 6:30PM – 8:00PM BST Online event The planetary scale of global heating and climate breakdown calls for forms of analysis that extend beyond national politics and culture. Join Ashle …

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This Conjuncture: After Brexit, Corbyn and Covid

Online Event Monday October 4th 2021, 6:30pm

with Anthony Barnett, Ellie Mae O’Hagan, and Scott McCracken Monday 4 October 2021  6:30PM – 8:00PM BST  Online event The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent in a series of extraordinary events that have opened up questions about the conjuncture in wh …

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This Conjuncture: The exhaustion of Merkelism

Online event Monday September 27th 2021, 6:30pm

with Moritz Ege, Alexander Gallas Monday 27 September 2021  6:30PM – 8:00PM BST  Online event Angela Merkel stands down as German Chancellor this autumn after 16 years in the role, but will Merkelism – the mode of crisis management that has dominated s …

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Call for Papers – Forum: for comprehensive education

Monday April 12th 2021

Contributions are invited for the Summer 2021 issue of FORUM, for which the copy date is Monday 12 April.

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The Writings and Legacy of Robin Murray

Online Wednesday March 10th 2021, 5:00 - 7:00pm

‘Truth is in the concrete’: Robin Murray, radical economist, activist, thinker, co-operator, enthusiast, and optimist of intellect and will The Selected Writings of Robin Murray (1940-2017) was published late in 2020 and this seminar celebrates both th …

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Racial Inequality in a Time of Crisis

Online Tuesday March 9th 2021, 5:00 - 6:30pm

A week-long conference exploring the impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minority people in the UK. Tuesday 9 – Friday 12 March 2021, 5:00 – 6:30pm Covid-19 has highlighted and exacerbated deeply entrenched racial and ethnic inequalities in the UK across a ra …

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Movement and Stillness: Art in a Time of Crisis and Upheaval

Online Wednesday February 3rd 2021, 6:00pm - 7:15pm GMT

4TH STUART HALL PUBLIC CONVERSATION: with Linton Kwesi Johnson, Roger Robinson and Jay Bernard. An evening of readings and discussion. FREE ONLINE EVENT (suggested donation £5)

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