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Prejudice in Power: Contesting the Pseudoscience of Superiority
27 February 2025–12 December 2025, 9:00 am–5:00 pm
This exhibition takes a critical look at UCL’s past, present and future relationship to eugenics explored via cultural activism and public art.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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UCL Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science (LCCOS)Sarah Aitchison, Director of UCL Special Collections
Housed in the UCL Student Centre, this exhibition explores how eugenics marginalised voices and created structural inequalities which still impact us today. Taking a critical look at UCL’s historical ties to eugenics, it also explores a parallel but untold story of resistance and dissent.
The exhibition showcases the outputs of the Prejudice in Power programme, through which communities marginalised by eugenic thinking had the opportunity to respond creatively to UCL’s eugenics legacy. Works produced include artworks, zines, social media content, film and performance pieces.
The Prejudice in Power programme was initiated in response to recommendations from a 2018 inquiry into UCL’s eugenics legacy commissioned by UCL’s former President & Provost Michael Arthur.
An accompanying digital showcase on the project website provides a larger historical overview of UCL’s ties to eugenics, along with more detailed information about the Prejudice in Power programme.
Further reading
- New exhibition spotlights UCL’s ongoing work to address its eugenics legacy.
- Visit the Prejudice in Power website to find out more about the programme.
- Visit the Public Art website and Instagram to find out more about Public Art at UCL.
Access
Access to the Student Centre, and all public areas within it, is step-free. Further information can be found on the Library Services accessibility page.
Finding us
The Student Centre is located in Bloomsbury, in the heart of central London. The nearest tube stations are Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City), Goodge Street (Northern Line), and Warren Street (Victoria Line).