Date and time Tue, 31 Oct 2023 17:00 - 18:30 GMT
Location Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 6GG
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1 hour 30 minutes
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Oxford University Annual Black History Month Lecture 2023 Ann Pratt, Mary Seacole, and Questioning British History 31 October, 17.00 - 18.30 followed by a reception Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6GG In this year’s Black History Month lecture, writer and independent historian of Britain and the Caribbean Dr Christienna Fryar explores the fraught relationship between British history and Black British history. Join us to hear the story of two mixed-race Jamaican women, one of whom is widely considered an important figure within Black British history while the other is barely known.
About the speaker Formerly an academic, Christienna Fryar was the founding convenor of the MA Black British History at Goldsmiths, University of London, the first taught masters' programme of its kind in the UK.