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An exhibition highlighting the links of Newnham College founders to the transatlantic enslavement economy, is to open at the College. The exhibition is part of a programme of enquiry, at Newnham and across the University of Cambridge, to consider ways in which collegiate Cambridge contributed to, benefitted from or challenged the Atlantic slave tra…

Explores how Black women artists have challenged exclusion from museums and art history through collaboration, activism, and institutional critique.Read the full blog on the Murray Edwards College website.

Scholar-activist Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman delivered a powerful and extensively-researched talk on Britain and the abolition of enslavement, at the @homertonchangemakers #TuesdayConversations in March.Read the story on the Homerton College website.

Interview with Dr Kenny Monrose FRSA, a Fellow at Wolfson College and Researcher in the Department of Sociology, discussing his project exploring the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge. Read the full interview on the main University website.

This blog is the first in a series exploring the African Collections Futures project, which aims to identify Africa-related collections across the University of Cambridge, examine how they are used and understood, and consider how engagement with African institutions, communities and diaspora groups can be strengthened.The full blog is available on…

The largest survey to date of the opinions and attitudes of Black people in Britain has revealed a central split on the question of British pride.Read the full story on the main University website.

The University of Cambridge has created what is believed to be the first ever visiting fellowship into the study of indentureship, the controversial system that replaced slavery in the British Empire.Read the full story on the main University website.

A major new exhibition explores Cambridge's role in slavery, the people it affected and their resistance to it, through fine art, technology and even everyday objects.Read the full story on the main University website.

We are pleased to share coverage of Maya McFarlane, winner of the inaugural 2022 George Bridgetower Essay Prize. The pieces below include a feature by the Black Advisory Hub and a University of Cambridge news story, offering different perspectives on the prize and its significance.Maya McFarlane: winner of the inaugural George Bridgetower Essay Pri…

Read the full story on the main University website.