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CRaB public lecture: Dr Kehinde Andrews

29th March 2017 CRaB admin News and Events, What's On

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network proudly presents: The Battle for Black Studies: Decolonising knowledge is not just ‘academic’ Dr Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University) Friday 28 April 2017, 4-6pm Dennis Sciama Building, room 2.14, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX Tickets free but please register here: https://crab-kehindeandrewslecture.eventbrite.co.uk “In September 2017 we will launch the first Black Studies degree in Europe and Birmingham City University. Far from this being a celebration of having Black perspectives at universities, the aim is to use the opportunity to use the university space to help develop what Abdul Alkalimaat called the ‘science of liberation’.

Lexie Scherer shortlisted for British Sociological Association prize

29th March 2017 Charles Leddy-Owen News, News and Events

One of CRaB’s members, Lexie Scherer from the School of Education and Childhood Studies, has been nominated for the British Sociological Association’s Philip Abram’s Memorial Prize for the best first and sole-authored book within the discipline of Sociology. The book, entitled Children, Literacy and Ethnicity: Reading Identities in the Primary School is published by Palgrave Macmillan and was launched in Portsmouth at a CRaB event in 2016 – http://crab.port.ac.uk/2016/11/11/booklaunch-for-lexie-scherers-children-literacy-and-ethnicity/ Congratulations to Lexie! The full shortlist is available here – https://www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/bsa-philip-abrams-memorial-prize/

‘Liberate my degree’ event

21st March 2017 Charles Leddy-Owen Blogs, News, News and Events, Previous Events

A report by CRaB member and postgraduate researcher Carlus Hudson. On March 16th, University of Portsmouth Student Union hosted a panel event “Liberate My Degree”. It brought students, academics and activists together as part of wider National Union of Students campaigns on the BAME attainment gap in higher education and lack of diversity in university curricula. This event continued the union’s “Race in Your Face” campaign from last academic year that highlighted ways in which communities perpetuate racial prejudice and discrimination. Members of the panel were Aadam Muuse (Black Students’ Officer – National Union of Students), Dr. Olivia Rutazibwa (Senior