new educational resources

The Directors of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies and the Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures, are delighted to launch a new digital learning resources which reflects on the Stirling Maxwell Collection (mentioned in the 2018 History of Slavery Report).

Celebrating St Andrews Day with the College of Arts, Beniba Centre, Stirling Maxwell Centre and Information Services

A thought provoking event, taking a critical look at what it means to be part of the University of Glasgow community today.

It will include:

  • New work by two artists and members of our PhD community, Nicole Kovacs (Theatre Studies) and Andrew Bull (Music). Nicole has devised a new performance/film, The Gaze, which reflects on the long history of racism and connects it to the present. Andrew will perform from Angus Cumming's A Collection of Strathspey or Old Highland Reels (1780), relating the music to Scotland’s implication in the slave trade.
  • Internationally acclaimed poet Jackie Kay, has given kind permission for us to hear again her moving rendition of Flag Up Scotland, Jamaica created especially to help the University mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
  • The Directors of the Beniba Centre for Slavery Studies and the Stirling Maxwell Centre for the Study of Text/Image Cultures, will be launching a new digital learning resource which reflects on the Stirling Maxwell Collection, mentioned in the 2018 History of Slavery Report. The resource they are launching was created by Archives & Special Collections and the Digital Education Unit. This contributes to theUnderstanding Racism, Transforming University Cultures action plan.

This online event will be hosted by Vice-Principal Roibeard O Maolalaigh, and has been generously supported by the Ferguson Bequest to commission new work from early career researchers.

First published: 30 November 2021

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