Blogs
Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library on our blogs.
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This blog is not being updated…
aiucentre
7 September 2021
but you can read more about our collections and activities on the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust website blog: https://www.racearchive.org.uk/blog/ You’ll still be able to read previous posts here, so feel free to explore our back catalogue!
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Artist in Residence: Rebecca Hurst
Kat Lowe
21 October 2020
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Student spotlight: Alexander Hurlow
Kat Lowe
9 September 2020
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ECR Spotlight: Catherine Evans
Kat Lowe
7 August 2020
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Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library
Kat Lowe
6 July 2020
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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and a timeline of her life
aiucentre
29 June 2020
By Jo Manby Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (London: Picador, 1990). First published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus Ltd, 1979. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was in my opinion, and that of many others across the world, one of the greatest writers in the English language. This post presents a timeline of this extraordinary woman’s […]
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Ancient Letter Collections Project (and how you can help!)
Kat Lowe
4 June 2020
The post Ancient Letter Collections Project (and how you can help!) appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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‘thou shalt slepe well’: Provoking Sleep in the First English Printed Herbal
msraymm4
11 May 2020
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It’s Not About The Burqa
aiucentre
6 May 2020
It’s Not About The Burqa (2019) edited by Mariam Khan Review By Hattie This new edition to the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Centre Library is a collection of powerful essays that provide an intersectional analysis of faith, feminism, sexuality and race from the perspectives of 17 Muslim women. The message throughout the book states that many […]
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The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography
aiucentre
16 April 2020
by Laila Benhaida; Trainee Archivist The opening page to this book is a dedication to himself ‘there was a time when I thought I wouldn’t live to see thirty, I doubled that and now I’m sixty, well done Rastaman, you’re a survivor. A black survivor.’ It is only when you read his journey you […]
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Left-wing youth activism and the celebration of unity with reggae & punk
aiucentre
6 February 2020
By Jo Manby Crisis Music: The cultural politics of Rock Against Racism by Ian Goodyer. Manchester University Press: 2009 (Local Classification: AR.8.00/GOO) November 1976. Rock Against Racism (RAR) holds its first gig in the Princess Alice pub in the East End of London. Young people are rallying against the far-right National Front. Two years later, […]
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Paper Heads and Forceps: Modelling Midwifery Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century
Sarah May
23 January 2020
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Ian Macdonald QC 1939-2019
aiucentre
18 December 2019
It is with great sadness that we heard of Ian Macdonald’s passing in November 2019. The ‘Father of Immigration Law’ was an anti-racist defence lawyer who worked his whole life to promote justice and equality in the UK. Ian first published the textbook Immigration Law & Practice in 1983. Now in its ninth edition, it […]
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The Future is Ours: Afrofuturism in the AIU Centre
aiucentre
18 December 2019
By Hattie As part of Black History Month 2019, we hosted an event with writer, poet, and director Elmi Ali called ‘The Afrofuturist Toolkit’. During the workshop the participants explored the theories behind Afrofuturism and created some of their own work envisioning the future of society. Ali’s overarching message was that Afrofuturism can take any […]
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Audre Lorde, a poet of incantatory power
aiucentre
4 December 2019
By Jo Manby Last month, 17 November, was the anniversary of the death of the poet Audre Lorde in 1992. Here, our book reviewer Jo writes about one of her best known and most accomplished collections of poetry, The Black Unicorn. The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde. Penguin Classics, Penguin Random House, UK: 2019 (first […]
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