Inaugural Lecture for CRCRN – 7 July 2020.
‘The British Academy and the British Empire: Blackness as a problem at home and abroad’ – Professor Robbie Shilliam
Dr Shilliam, Professor of Political Science at John Hopkins University, Baltimore, takes us on a journey exploring how the British Academy and Empire responded the idea of an education Black mind.
Following the lecture was over an hour of lively Q&A discussion. This was not recorded, as we feel it is important our after-lecture sessions should be a safe space where sensitive topics can be discussed without monitoring.
Dr Shilliam was asked to choose a song to play before the lecture started, and he chose ‘Christopher Columbus is a Damn Blasted Liar’, by Burning Spear. This was an apt choice, considering this talk took place exactly one month after the Colston statue was toppled in Bristol, 7th June.
Critical Race and Culture 