Dear colleagues,


See below.  Note that there is a link to a recording of Caryl Phillips's keynote lecture from the SCS conference 2019.


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


Email: [log in to unmask]

Website: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/noxolo-patricia.aspx

Twitter: @patnoxolo


PGR lead for Human Geography. (Alternative contact Dr Rosie Day: [log in to unmask])

1st year tutor. (Alternative contact Dr Steve Emery: [log in to unmask])


Co-editor of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers: https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/14755661 (Alternative contact Dr Phil Emmerson: [log in to unmask])

Chair of the Society for Caribbean Studies: http://community-languages.org.uk/scs/ (Alternative contact Dr Anyaa Anim-Addo: [log in to unmask])

Secretary of the RACE group of the Royal Geographical Society: https://raceingeography.org/ (Alternative contact Dr Margaret Byron: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)


Due to restricted campus opening I am working flexibly at home.


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Subject: Alison Bechdel | Bessie Smith | Exploring Caribbean Foodways

Great online events and a new Caribbean food project from the Eccles Centre
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'Caribbean Foodways at the British Library' project launches

Discover how the rich history and culture of Caribbean food can be explored through the collections of the British Library, and learn about how your story and experiences of food could become part of the collections themselves. Learn more about the project here<https://www.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0491164fc38a6bf1aa699e368&id=c0a987da76&e=080c36527d>, alongside an introduction by acclaimed food writer Riaz Phillips here<https://www.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0491164fc38a6bf1aa699e368&id=f65532464b&e=080c36527d>.






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New lectures on US poverty politics, climate change in Canada and the Caribbean-British writer Caryl Phillips available online

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Classic Album Sundays presents Laurie Anderson
Mon 15 Feb 2021 | 19.30 - 20.30 | £5 full price

A true pioneer of electronic music and performance art, Laurie Anderson has been using technology to transform the way we tell stories since the 1970s. The O Superman creator talks to Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy about the making of her classic 1986 album and accompanying film Home of the Brave.
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The Bryant Lecture
Life Drawing with Alison Bechdel
Wed 17 Feb 2021 | 19.30 - 20.30 | £5 full price

Join us for an evening of wit and wisdom from Alison Bechdel, the acclaimed American cartoonist and creator of the 'Bechdel Test' for women's representation in cinema.

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Bessie Smith: Empress of the Blues
Jackie Kay in conversation with Bernardine Evaristo, with songs performed by Nona Hendryx
Thu 18 Feb 2021 | 19.30 - 20.30 | £5 full price

The British Library and Faber Social present a celebration of Bessie Smith, pioneering blues singer and one of the biggest stars of the 1920s and 30s.
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Cosmos Voyager and the Golden Record
Ann Druyan in conversation with Brian Cox
Tue 23 Feb 2021 | 19.30 - 20.30 | £5 full price

Ann Druyan was the Creative Director of NASA's Voyager Interstellar Message Project, the celebrated ‘golden record’ affixed to both the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes in 1977.
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James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today
With Eddie S Glaude Jr
Wed 24 Feb 2021 | 19.30 - 20.30 | £5 full price

Eddie S Glaude Jr, Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University, presents a searing indictment of racial injustice in the USA, inspired by the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
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