Event Recordings

The SPRC welcomes Professor Ian Baucom for the Inaugural Sarah Parker Remond Memorial Lecture. Ian Baucom discusses the planetary crisis of climate change and its relationship to distinct material histories of the colony and post-colony

26 October 2022, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm, Event details

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Françoise Vergès and Edna Bonhomme repoliticize feminist thinking and practice, which have been increasingly deployed in the service of the carceral state, neoliberalism, and developmental paternalism. In this conversation, they think through state violence, climate catastrophe, racial capitalism, and reproductive (in)justice in order to map out a cartography of decolonial feminist thought.

Part of the Perspectives on Racialisation, Gender and Feminist Methodologies Seminar Series 2022-2023 organised by Dr Gala Rexer, Research Fellow at the SPRC.

25 October 2022, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm, Event details

French former footballer Lilian Thuram joins us to discuss the changing role of athletes in the wider (geo)politics of racism & nationalism

Lilian Thuram is joined by Prof Paul Gilroy (Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre), Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (Vice-Dean Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for the Arts and Humanities faculty), Mbango Mispa SAME ESSAKA (co-chair of the Arts & Humanities faculty EDI committee) and Dr Clive Nwonka (Lecturer in Film, Culture and Society, Institute of Advanced Studies).

This event was organised by UCL's Arts & Humanities faculty EDI and the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

16 May 2022, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm, Event details

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Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894), the amazing 19th century freedom fighter, intellectual and doctor has been honoured with a Nubian Jak plaque.

Speakers include Martinique Lewis (President of the Black Travel Alliance), Margaret Busby (Author and First Black Female Publisher in the UK), Mathruni Viscan (Camden Council), Gloria Agyemang (Professor at Royal Holloway University), Michelle Yaa Asantewa (Author and Lecturer), Tony Warner (CEO of Black History Walks), Paul Gilroy (Professor at UCL and Founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre) and Jak Beula (CEO of Nubian Jak Community Trust).

This event was organised by Black History Walks and Nubian Jak Community Trust in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

25 March 2022, 12 pm–2 pm, Event details

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Sarah Parker Remond: traveller, abolitionist, lecturer, nurse, doctor and more. Prof Sirpa Salenius (University of Eastern Finland) lays out the context and extent of Sarah Parker Remond’s popularity, philanthropy, prominence and professional achievements.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

18 March 2022, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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WOC scholars in dialogue: Jade Bentil, Lara Choksey, Kerry Mackereth, Christine Okoth and Rianna Walcott respond to Xine Yao's book Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth-Century America.

You can listen to the audio recording of the event on the PhDivas podcast.

13 December 2021, 5.30 pm–7 pm, Event details

Professor Livio Sansone gives a reading of the making of Afro-Brazilian studies, and, to a lesser extent, African studies in the US and Brazil, through the interrelated trajectory of four scholars: E. Franklin Frazier, Lorenzo Turner, Frances and Melville Herskovits.

16 November 2021, 4.15 pm–5.45 pm, Event details

In this talk Leila Hassan-Howe gives a personal, illustrated journey through the life of Darcus Howe. Darcus Howe is a legend in Black British history. He was a key figure in many major movements from the Black Panthers, to the Mangrove 9, to Bangladeshi housing, the Black Peoples Day of Action, the Brixton uprisings and changing the face of British TV with the Bandung File and Devil's Advocate.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

4 November 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Black British Civil Rights activist, leader, writer, history maker and co-founder of the 1970s 'Race Today Collective' tells her story. Leila Hassan-Howe has fought against state and street racism since the 1970s. She was strategist and activist in her own right quite apart from being the wife of the legendary Black Power activist Darcus Howe.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

3 November 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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In this lunch hour lecture Nadia Ameli, Ashish Ghadiali and Joshua Ryan-Collins explore how fairer finance can help us address climate change.

This event is part of UCL’s climate campaign ‘Generation One’. Together we are the new generation taking responsibility for climate action and turning science into actionable ideas. 

2 November 2021, 1 pm–2 pm, Event details

Part of the UCL Institute of the Americas Caribbean Seminar Series, in this seminar, Luke de Noronha discussed the findings from his book Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of Deportation to Jamaica (2020).

20 October 2021, 5.30 pm–7 pm, Event details

Join Alana Lentin and Gargi Bhattacharyya for an online conversation about the mechanics of race and racism at our current juncture. They reflect not only on the core arguments developed across their most recent books - Why Race Still Matters and Rethinking Racial Capitalism respectively - but also on what has been happening since. Chaired by Luke de Noronha.

19 October 2021, 8 pm–9.30 pm, Event details

Judge Peter Herbert OBE, founder of the society of Black Lawyers speaks on racial discrimination within the legal system, the George Floyd effect and how to fight and win against the odds.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

28 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Illustrated talk by Stephen Bourne, author of 'Deep are the Roots', an odyssey into Black history on the stage.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

22 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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After a screening of 'Belly of the Beast', a presentation and Q&A with Dr Shantella Sherman on modern eugenics, human rights and resistance.

“If you don’t understand eugenics, you’re missing three-quarters of the mainframe to public policy and legal platforms; these are laws and regulations that dictate how we live and how well we live. But so long as the conversation is strictly surface, those most in peril and vulnerable to eugenic legislation never gain an opportunity to advocate on their own behalves.” Dr Shantella Sherman

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

19 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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First published in 1976, this memoir by one of Britain’s first black headteachers, Beryl Gilroy, is a vital story of survival doused in fury, humour and love. In this online talk by her daughter, Darla Gilroy tells some untold stories behind the book and its creation.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

15 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Professor of Education, author, Black women's activist, primary school teacher and former British Black Panther, Dr Beverley Bryan discusses her life and works.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

8 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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Harry Cumberbatch MBE pioneered an innovative project that used black history to empower African/Caribbean people with mental health issues. This interactive session features conversational memories with Harry Cumberbatch and Tony Warner with videos, music and photographs, plus questions and answers.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

7 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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In the 1950s the Land and Freedom Army in Kenya fought against British invaders who had massacred local people and stolen their land. The LFA was deliberately mis-labelled by the British as the 'Mau Mau' who were then described as 'murderous thugs'. This is part of the history included in Njambi McGrath's book ‘Through the Leopard's Gaze’. In this session Njambi takes us through sections of her book while we also review parts of Britain's colonial behaviour in East Africa that it has actively suppressed.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

1 September 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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In August/September 1958 there were concerted physical attacks against Black people in their homes and on the streets of Nottingham and Notting Hill. Mainstream media often described the attacks as rioting and police denied any racial motive. In this interactive session, Tony Warner and Andrew Muhammad revisit the era and area and tell the story from a African/Caribbean perspective with photos, news items and videos.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

31 August 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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Rare chance to hear from Dr Erna Brodber, the Jamaican international literary icon whose work is studied in universities around the world.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

10 August 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Illustrated online talk from Dr Michelle Asantewa showcasing of elements of ancient African spirituality, white media stereotypes and how and where to practice pre-European invasion rituals.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

8 August 2021, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm, Event details

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Amazing Black British history has been memorialised in 60 black plaques and two statues which all recognise outstanding African/Caribbean people. The dynamo behind Nubian Jak, DrJak Beula, reveals all about the plaques and his journey to unveiling them.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

30 June 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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On 16th June 1976 thousands of Black schoolchildren took to the streets to demonstrate against racism in South Africa. The state response was to shoot the children with automatic weapons and imprison those who did not die. In 2021, there have been multiple video examples of Black deaths in police custody and a legal system which offers no sanction. What is the history behind these situations and what can be done to challenge them? Are there parallels in the UK and how is foreign policy affected?

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

16 June 2021, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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The Black Liberation Front (BLF), formed in 1971, was one of the most active and impactful Black Power organisations in Britain. In 2017 the Young Historians Project (YHP) interviewed former members of the BLF and created a documentary for people to learn and be inspired by this history. In this Q&A with the YHP, they will discuss their motivations, what they learned, current projects and the impact of 2020 on the appetite for black history.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

15 June 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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A roundtable discussion with Gustavo Matta (Fiocruz), Priti Patnaik (Geneva Health Files), Penny Carmichael (UCL), Hyo Yoon Kang (University of Kent). Chaired by Andrew Barry (UCL) & Paige Patchin (UCL). Is it possible to both accelerate vaccine research and production and ensure global vaccine equity at the same time? What changes need to happen both to address the problem of vaccine equity?

This event was organised by UCL Anthropocene in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre and KCL's Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.

12 June 2021, 4:00 pm–5:15 pm, Event details

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Seminar on the potentially deadly impact of sweet drinks in the African diaspora. This talk and Q&A features speakers from Lake Health and Wellbeing.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

12 June 2021, 6:00 pm–7:30 pm, Event details

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Illustrated and inspiring talk on Black actors on British TV from 1940s to 1990s and their fight for equality of portrayal. With this rare presentation, Stephen Bourne takes us through a fraction of his thirty years of research into the African/Caribbean experience on television.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

8 June 2021, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm, Event details

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Sarah Parker Remond: traveller, abolitionist, lecturer, nurse, doctor and more. Prof Sirpa Salenius (University of Eastern Finland) lays out the context and extent of Sarah Parker Remond’s popularity, philanthropy, prominence and professional achievements. Lecture extract below - intro and Q&A only.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

5 June 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Showcase of unique database from The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (LBS) that shows who got money from the abolition of slavery, how much, what they spent it on and where they lived.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

29 May 2021, 6:30 pm–8:00 pm, Event details

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A panel discussion with Maja Hagerman, Katarina Pirak Sikku & Curt Persson on the impact of Swedish race biology on the Sámi and Tornedalians

This event was organised by the UCL Department of Scandinavian Studies in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

27 May 2021, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm, Event details

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Between Racialization and Conviviality: Migrants and the UK: Ben Rogaly (University of Sussex), author of Stories from a migrant city: Living and working together in the shadow of Brexit and Luke de Noronha (University College London), author of Deporting Black Britons: Portraits of deportation to Jamaica discuss migration, deportations and everyday multi culture in the UK and beyond.

This event was co-sponsored by the Centre for Place, Culture and Politics, the Center for the Humanities & the Department of Anthropology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

20 May 2021, 7:30 pm–9:30 pm, Event details

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Saturday schools are an example of Garvey's 'do for self' attitude, their successes are often ignored, this session will celebrate them.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

14 May 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Series of talks on Black Bookshops as scenes of resistance. Owners and readers speak on the impact on the 70/80s Black community and legacy. Emmanuel Amevor of Centreprise joins us for this talk.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

5 May 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Series of talks on Black Bookshops as scenes of resistance. Owners and readers speak on the impact on the 70/80s Black community and legacy. Michael La Rose of New Beacon Books joins us for this talk.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

30 April 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm, Event details

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Series of talks on Black Bookshops as scenes of resistance. Owners and readers speak on the impact on the 70/80s Black community and legacy. Eric Huntley of Walter Rodney Bookshop joins us for this talk.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

23 April 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm

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Series of talks on Black Bookshops as scenes of resistance. Owners and readers speak on the impact on the 70/80s Black community and legacy. Eric Huntley of Walter Rodney Bookshop joins us for this talk.

This event was organised by Black History Walks in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

16 April 2021, 6:30 pm–8:15 pm

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Greenland is Iceland’s closest neighbour, but the relationship has not been close between the two countries. In her talk Dr Ann-Sofie Gremaud (University of Iceland) addressed shifting attitudes in Iceland towards Greenland and examples that show the role that it has come to play in Icelandic nation building.

This event was organised by the UCL Department of Scandinavian Studies in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

04 February 2021, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm, Event details

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Gargi Bhattacharyya, Adam Elliott-Cooper, Sita Balani, Kerem Nişancıoğlu, Kojo Koram, Dalia Gebrial, Nadine El-Enany and Luke de Noronha

18 February 2021, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm, Event details

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Prof Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (UCL Scandinavian Studies) in conversation with Dr Ebbe Volquardsen (University of Greenland)

This event was organised by the UCL Department of Scandinavian Studies in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

19 November 2020, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm, Event details

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A panel discussion with La Vaughn Belle (artist), Jeannette Ehlers (artist), Isaac Julien (artist), Keith Piper (artist/Middlesex U.), John Siblon (Birkbeck) and Tony Warner (Black History Walks)

This event was organised by the UCL Institute of Advanced Studies in collaboration with the Sarah Parker Remond Centre.

2 July 2020, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm, Event details

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