For Week 5, we have a special book talk event with Paula Akpan @paulaakpan.bsky.social, who is releasing her debut book, When We Ruled, this May! Registration is free, but required: www.ticketsource.co.uk/race-resista...

Our Trinity Term card is now complete, and we are so excited to share it with you all. You can find full details of the events on Ox Talks: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/series...

On the 7th March, we hosted our first ‘Resistance, Renewal, Reimagination’ conference! It was a nourishing, reflective & inspiring day & we want to thank everyone for their support 💓 It wasn’t easy, but we made it a reality. We hope to be back in 2026 …
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Writing & Meditation - CANCELLED for Hilary.

If you are interested in getting involved to help facilitate Writing & Meditation, get in touch: raceandresistance@torch.ox.ac.uk

Désirée Reynolds - a writer whose first novel, Seduce, was published in 2013 to much acclaim, and her stories have been widely published in various publications. Reynolds is a founder and the Creative Director of Dig Where You Stand, an art and archival justice movement

Connie Bell - one of the founding members of Decolonising the Archive (DTA) and University of Repair. She is a consultant, memory worker, and cultural producer. Currently, Connie is the creator of a course module, Museum Restitution.

Dr. Aleema Gray - a Jamaican-born curator, research, and public historian based in London. Dr. Gray is the Lead Curator of the Beyond the Bassline exhibition at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social & the founder of HOUSE OF DREAD, an anti-disciplinary heritage studio.

Tickets for our 2025 Conference are now live: www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-...

With this, we are excited to announce our amazing keynote speakers, who will be speaking on a panel on radical future-proofing archival praxis ✨

Hilary Term will also see the return of our Writing & Meditation workshops! Open to the entire community, these sessions work as a focused writing space to get those words down! 🙌🏽

Our Hilary Term Card is now live 🙌🏽

The first 3 weeks of term will be dedicated to conversations around the Rhodes Must Fall movement, as it enters its 3rd year ✊🏽

We also have an exciting line-up for the theme ‘Music as Method’ 🎶🎤

Finally, we will close the term with our 2025 Conference ✨

Deadline for our 2025 Conference call for papers is on MONDAY at 12pm, noon. Thank you to everyone who has submitted an abstract so far! ⭐️

Colleagues, friends, comrades, please share far and wide 🙌🏽

We are now on Bluesky! 🩵

Since 2013, Race & Resistance has provided space for a community of staff, students, and activists engaging with the rise of, and resistance to racial hierarchies in Oxford & beyond.

You can find out more via our website: torch.ox.ac.uk/race-and-res...