{"id":598,"date":"2017-03-29T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?p=598"},"modified":"2017-03-29T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T11:08:31","slug":"crab-public-lecture-dr-kehinde-andrews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?p=598","title":{"rendered":"CRaB public lecture: Dr Kehinde Andrews"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network proudly presents:<\/em><\/p>\n

The Battle for Black Studies: Decolonising knowledge is not just \u2018academic\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Kehinde Andrews (Birmingham City University) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 28 April 2017, 4-6pm <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dennis Sciama Building, room 2.14, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3FX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tickets free but please register here: https:\/\/crab-kehindeandrewslecture.eventbrite.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

“<\/strong>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 \u2018science of liberation\u2019. Black Studies has a long history in the UK, being done in the grassroots in community organisations and supplementary schools. This talk will discuss the importance of developing a critical Black Studies and the tensions of housing the degree and research in the university space. Black Studies is essential, but can it flourish in the institutionally racist space of the university?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Kehinde Andrews<\/strong> is Associate Professor of Sociology, and has been leading the development of the Black Studies Degree at Birmingham City University. He recently co-edited Blackness in Britain (2016) and is working on his next book Black Radicalism. His first book was Resisting Racism: Race, Inequality and the Black Supplementary School Movement (2013). Kehinde is director of the Centre for Critical Social Research; founder of the Organisation of Black Unity; and co-chair of the Black Studies Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Citizenship, ‘Race’ and Belonging research network proudly presents: The Battle for Black Studies: Decolonising knowledge is not just \u2018academic\u2019 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 \u2018science of liberation\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_events","category-whats_on"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crab.port.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Kehinde-Andrews.png?fit=800%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8bhxC-9E","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":646,"url":"https:\/\/crab.port.ac.uk\/?p=646","url_meta":{"origin":598,"position":0},"title":"SYMPOSIUM: News practices and media law in Africa: Developing a research agenda.","author":"Jessica Moody","date":"23rd May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Date: 1 June 2017 Venue: University of Portsmouth \u00a0Park Building, Room 2.07 Information: https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/home\/Public?preview=News+Practices+%26+media+law+in+Africa.pdf Event registration: https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/news-practices-media-law-in-africa-developing-a-research-agenda-tickets-34797501263 Description: This symposium will examine the changes and tendencies of news practices, media freedom and media law in Africa. 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