[Black Europe] related Research Culture Think-Tank

The workshop has a twin aim; 

• to shape a diverse, cross-faculty, community-academic-technical culture collective at UCL, sharing best practice in KE and rethinking approaches, research questions and legacies; and

• to prepare participants to integrate their skills into future KE partnerships, consolidating existing relationships, and learning from each other’s approaches.

We will work in the area of memory cultures – archaeology, history, library collections, archives – and how they challenge their own practices in view of a long-standing presumption of whiteness as the norm. Through a range of activities, participants will explore how to co-design methodologies and discuss case studies. 

The case studies include:

• London-based work on history, archives, and engagement (ASE / voluntary sector); 

• UCL European Institute’s [Black Europe] initiative;

• ​Aademic and KE work from UCL History, East Culture Lab, Anthropology and at Northeastern University, London

• Examples from Historic England and the British Library. 

Together, we will map challenges and solutions across disciplines, communities of practice, and institutional cultures to create a shared understanding of new ways of working.

The project is funded by a grant from the UCL Grassroots Research Culture Seed Fund 2025-26.

This event is invitation only. For further information, get in touch with u.staiger@ucl.ac.uk.