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Students and staff in the School of Humanities and Social Science and beyond working in partnership to transform colonial sites of knowledge and power

Reading to Resist, Reading to Belong Podcast – Episode 1

In this conversation recorded at Afrori Books on 6th June, Carolyn, Vy, Vedrana and Molly reflect on the importance of the project and our partnership.

Reflections on Reading to Resist, Reading to Belong: A Space for Black Writing

This post will be updated and expanded over the next month as we reflect on the project. In the meantime we share some photos from the events: Project Launch In our first Book Club, we talked about Hannah Azieb Pool’s… Continue Reading →

Tackling Whiteness as a decolonizing task in contemporary criminology

Tackling Whiteness as a decolonizing task in contemporary criminology- Recording of the talk Tackling Whiteness as a decolonizing task in contemporary criminology Presenter: Rod Earle, Open University Where: room WB 115 Watson Building, University of Brighton, Falmer campus, BN1 9PH…. Continue Reading →

‘Reading to Resist, Reading to Belong: A Space for Black Writing’ Community Partnership Project Launch 14th March 12.30pm Asa Briggs Foyer

Please join us for the Ignite AHRC funded community partnership project launch next Tuesday 14th March at the Asa Briggs Foyer at 12.30. Please feel free circulate to your students who may be interested.   This project, in partnership with Afrori… Continue Reading →

Our November Afrori Student Book Club

Our next Afrori Student Book Club is happening next Thursday November 17th, 6-8pm @afroribooks. We’ll be reading What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by @emmadabiri, and if you buy your copy from Afrori you can get… Continue Reading →

Decol Seminar Series 2022-23: Wanda Canton, ‘Radical Listening as Abolitionist Practice’

It’s been a busy year for us (more on this in a future blog), but we are back with our 2022-23 DeCol Seminar Series. We were so happy to welcome in person our first speaker Wanda Canton who gave a… Continue Reading →

The Amplify Project Common Threads Podcast

It was such a priviledge to have Patricia Cumper and Pauline Walker of the Amplify Project at the conference. They spoke to so many writers and academics and here’s a link to a special conference edition of their wonderful podcast:… Continue Reading →

Common Threads Post-Conference Blog Post by Ellis Walker

The Black and Asian British Women’s Writing conference hosted by the University of Brighton and in partnership with New Writing South promised to bring together all of my interests in one weekend. Speculative fiction, unbelonging and identity politics, publishing and… Continue Reading →

The Launch of the Afrori Student Book Club: Reading and Discussing Books of Black Origin – A Blog by our student Manon Martini

Upon entering Afrori Books, you immediately feel as though you’ve stepped into a nurtured and cherished safe space. The store stands as a homely retreat from the expeditious bustle of the North Laines and the sleek yet vibrant shop with… Continue Reading →

Conference Programme – Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women’s Writing International Conference- 21st -23rd July 2022

Conference Programme for Common Threads: Black and Asian British Women’s Writing International Conference- 21st -23rd July 2022 is available here COMMON THREADS FINAL PROGRAMME

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