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Latest News and Events

    3 Year Teaching Fellow in the History of the USA

    The Department of History at the University of Warwick is seeking to appoint a 3 Year Teaching Fellow in the History of the USA

    Conference CFP ‘Close Encounters of the Nonhumankind: In the U.S. and Beyond’

    CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘Close Encounters of the Nonhumankind: In the U.S. and Beyond’ New Voices in Postcolonialism Network are hosting a one day in-person conference at the University of Westminster on Thursday 2nd July 2026. We are looking for abstracts within the field of arts/humanities which thematically deal with the nonhuman.

    Black Heritage Voices

    Black Heritage Voices is a conference dedicated to uniting professionals from Black communities working across the heritage sector, including archivists, researchers, audience engagement practitioners, community historians, heritage programmers and those in leadership roles.

    Reimagining Tomorrow: New Work, Afrofuturism and Technology Conference

    The conference for LDIF26 Reimagining Tomorrow: New Work, Afrofuturism and Technology is inspired by the spirit of Sankofa, a reminder to look back and honour the past to build the future.

    Black Dance Uncovered: Summer School

    Black Dance Uncovered: Summer School is a unique dance training programme that brings together leading professional dance practitioners from the African and African Caribbean Diaspora.

    Marks of RED – Shamel Pitts | TRIBE

    Visionary choreographer and MacArthur Fellow Shamel Pitts returns to LDIF with Marks of RED, a powerful Afrofuturistic performance that reimagines memory, embodiment and regeneration through movement, sound and light.

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