Does no-one have any ideas about this?
How about something on cross-Atlantic fertilization....political links
between Black Britons, Africans, Caribbeans and African Americans?  Other
than grand talks about the Black Atlantic, I have not seen any acutal
research... It certainlu came into my work re Nkrumah and Claudia Jones, and
now with Henry Sylvester Williams....
Marika
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> To all members belonging to  centres within universities - what about a
> major project in the history of people of African, African-Caribbean and
> Asian descent in the UK? Or a sociological investigation into  'race' and
> ethnicity  - S.Patterson's 'Dark Strangers' revisited... a cartography of
> 'race' by  investigating 'racing' in key regions of the UK? (similar to
what
> the IRR did in the  '70s) Or cultural identity and the re-shaping of
> Britishness through carnival and the arts???? Go for it!!!!
>
> Roiyah
> ESRC Research Centres Competition 2002
> Calls for Full Proposals
> In a new approach, the Council is this year inviting Centre proposals from
> researchers based at UK Higher Education Institutions or other
institutions
> eligible for ESRC funding.
> Applicants are invited to define their own topics and areas within the
> Council's 7 Thematic Priorities, taking account of its policies on
> interdisciplinarity, international co-operation and user engagement.
> Applications must demonstrate international level of excellence for both
the
> proposed research programme and the leading researchers.
> The closing date for applications is Friday, 8 November 2002. Further
> details about the competition, including proposals forms and how to
apply -
> click here <rescentrescomp_call_for_ full_prop.asp>.
> ESRC/EPSRC People at the Centre of Communication and Information
> Technologies (PACCIT) Calls for the second link phase of the programme.
> Closing date for outline applications is Wednesday 31 July 2002. Further
> details are avilable <paccit2.asp>.
>