by Administrator | 05 Sep 2021 | General, Guest Posts, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
In the eleventh post for our ‘Writing Race’ series, Dr Amber Lascelles introduces the Black Health and the Humanities project at the University of Bristol. The project sits at the intersection of Black humanities and medical humanities, and brings together...
by Administrator | 28 Jul 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
‘Greek Life’ is a distinctive part of the social and cultural experience of universities in the United States, and has faced recent scrutiny for acts of racism, sexism and homophobia. Yet, as Taulby Edmondson points out, the existence of longstanding Black...
by Administrator | 04 Jul 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
Were late-twentieth century British psychiatrists racist? Or psychiatry as a discipline? Or were they both products of the wider society they were situated within? For the ninth post in the RHS’s ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Jamie Banks investigates “cannabis...
by Administrator | 28 Jun 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
How do we study the material culture taken from Africa during colonialism, and what do we do about its continued alienation from places and communities of origin? Bringing us the seventh post in the RHS ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Allegra Ayida considers the material...
by Administrator | 21 Jun 2021 | General, Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
How do modern European nations remember the abolition of slavery, and how does this affect campaigns for racial justice? In the latest post from the RHS ‘Writing Race’ blog series, Olivia Durand introduces her research on France’s complicated relationship with...
by royalhistsoc | 13 Jun 2021 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Writing Race
Statues and commemorations of Cecil Rhodes provoke strong reactions. Recent calls for removal have focused especially on statues at the universities of Oxford and Cape Town, prompting others to argue for their retention or contextualisation. In this latest post for...