Come and celebrate Black History Month with the King's Race Equality Network (REN).

REN will be holding a two part event to celebrate and explore this year's Black History Month theme Reclaiming Narratives. 

Part 1: Reclaiming Histories

This part of the event will look at the role of King's College London in developing colonial education and the work being undertaken at KCL Libraries & Collections to decolonise collections and at King’s broadly on decolonial education.

Dr Hannah Ishmael will share her experiences from the perspective of community archives having previously working as the Collections Manager at the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton and the work to challenge ideas of educational inferiority (IQ) and to rebalance the curriculum to include Black history.

The panel includes: 

• Geoff Browell, King's College London Libraries & Collections
• Dr Hannah Ishmael, Lecturer in Digital Culture and Race and REN network member
• Beverley Mason, Chief Executive of Friends of the Huntley Archives

Part 2: Celebrating Black Scholars

Showcasing the work of Black Academics and PGR students at King's on what theme of reclaiming narratives looks like for them in their work.

The panel includes: 

• Dr Nessa Keddo, Senior Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries
• Keisha York, Current PHD student
• Dr Alexander Douglas, Lecturer in Music Education
• Saffron Powell, Current PHD Student

How to get to the venue

• From Temple Station: video directions to show how to get to the venue
• From Covent Garden/Strand: video directions to show how to get to the venue

This event is open to all (staff, students & external guests), book your place now. 

Contact and how to join the Race Equality Network

To contact the network, please email raceequalitynetwork@kcl.ac.uk

To join the network, please complete our registration form.