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Black History Month 2024
#LBUBHM
At Leeds Beckett, we are proud to take part in national celebrations to honour the accomplishments of black people and black communities in every area of endeavour.
Throughout the month we will be reflecting on black history, but also looking at the work being done by academics, students, staff and alumni at the university.
The theme for Black History Month 2024 is "Reclaiming Narratives" and it marks a shift towards recognising, correcting, and showcasing the narratives of black history and culture. Find out more about the theme of Reclaiming Narratives.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY
Get involved with the events and resources marking Black History Month here at Leeds Beckett:
- Thursday 3 October: 18:00-19:00 Incarcerating the crisis: Prisons, race, and fascism in 1970s Britain - Dr Liam J Liburd, Assistant Professor of Black British History at Durham University. What can a theoretical approach to Black British history tell us about race and racism in the prison system? Dr Liam J Liburd examines a disturbing moment in British history to reveal the role of white supremacist movements in 1970s Britain
- Discover Leeds Beckett Library resources linked to Black History Month and the theme of "Reclaiming Narratives"
- The library services have collated a reading list of works written by Black and Global Majority authors for staff and students to explore
The Centre for Race, Education and Decoloniality (CRED) challenges everyday racism and structural race inequalities in education through research, evidence-based practice and the professional development of pre-service and in-service teachers nationally and internationally.
In conversation
Blog | Working to address racism in schools through partnership and education
Blog | Analysing the lonely Londoners
Blog | Student explore the work of writers of colour
Blog | Celebrating the life and legacy of Gertrude Paul
Blog | Lessons in Creativity and Determination
Blog | Jamie Jones-Buchanan shares about the woman who inspires him
Blog | Who inspires Yona Knight-Wisdom
Our work
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An anti-racism framework for initial teacher training
The university’s Centre for Race Education and Decoloniality (CRED) is leading a new dedicated network that will see schools in Liverpool share anti-racist knowledge and best practice.
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The poetry collection honouring the lives of Black and Brown women
Bath of Herbs is the first collection from Emily Zobel Marshall, a Reader in Postcolonial Literature at Leeds Beckett’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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Recognised for race equality progress with national award
LBU has been awarded a bronze from Advance HE’s Race Equality Charter for its ambitions to advance race equality.
Student work | Slavery podcast series
The podcasts you can access below have been produced by our BA (hons) History students as part of their Decolonisation’ and ‘Slavery and Unfree Labour’ modules. Decolonisation considers key events, themes and debates in the history of the unravelling of western overseas empires in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Slavery and Unfree Labour expands and deepens students' engagement with wider world history through a focus on human bondage across the British Empire, an institution whose legacies continue to shape our contemporary perceptions of race, regional development and coercive work practices.
Race Equality Charter
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are key to our culture of care and at the core of how we work with all members of our community.Â
We seek to develop further as a learning organisation and as the best possible place to work and study, to be a ‘Community of Great People’ and to ‘provide an excellent education and experience’ for all our colleagues and students.
