Dear colleagues,
See below.
All the best,
pat
Dr Patricia Noxolo,
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences,
University of Birmingham,
Edgbaston,
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK
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Subject: FW: !![SPAM]!! Liverpool Bluecoat 300: Charity Philanthropy & the Black Atlantic
Dear all,
Liverpool Bluecoat 300: Charity, Philanthropy and the Black Atlantic
This year 2017 marks 300 years since the founding of Bluecoat school, built in 1717 as a charity school for orphans, and it is ten years since the founding of the International Slavery Museum. Recent research suggests at least 65% of original funds for the school came from slave profits. This is to give notice of a programme of events to be held between 23-25th November between Bluecoat Arts Centre and ISM which look to reveal and explore the presence of slavery and the black Atlantic in unexpected areas of national life. This is co-organised between Liverpool John Moores University, the Centre for the Study of International Slavery, University of Central Lancaster, Edge Hill University, and Liverpool Hope University.
1. Thursday 23rd November, SWEET TOOTH
7.30-8.30pm, Bluecoat Arts Centre, tickets £7/ £5
Join us for the premiere of SWEET TOOTH, a powerful music theatre performance interrogating historical links between sugar and slavery, by acclaimed vocalist and movement artist Elaine Mitchener. This performance will be recorded by BBC Radio 3, please note that tickets are limited so be quick.
http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/events/3778
2. Friday 24th November, SYMPOSIUM: Bluecoat 300: Charity Philanthropy and the Black Atlantic
9am-5.30pm, Dr Martin Luther King Jnr Building, ISM, Albert Dock, free.
Keynote Speaker: Prof Catherine Hall, University College London
While slavery is often presumed to be counter to or distant from the ‘virtuous realm’ of philanthropy, this symposium takes Bluecoat as a symbol of a more challenging, contradictory history. It will explore how slavery filtered through and shaped areas such as charity, philanthropy, religion, education, philosophy, culture, literature and art. As the Bluecoat has been a centre for the arts since 1907, there will be a strong element which considers cultural responses to such entangled histories.
For further info please contact Michael Morris on [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
For the draft programme and to book your place- http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/tours-talks/3695
Panels include: keynote from Prof. Catherine Hall, 'Slavery and Liverpool', 'Sweet Tooth: Performance and History with Elaine Mitchener and Sonia Dyer', 'Art, Imagination and Material Histories', 'Reparative Histories', 'Philanthropic Exchanges'.
3. Saturday 25th November, Participation Day, free
A day of talks, tours, display and activities.
Activites include a Slavery Walking Tour of Liverpool, an illustrated talk on Bluecoat's early years and slavery, a talk on slavery on film, drop-in activites for children, a tour of Bluecoat, a tour of International Slavery Museum.
All activites free but booking advised http://www.thebluecoat.org.uk/events/view/tours-talks/3695
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