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Build Your Own Archive! Workshops: CHANGE OF DATE

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2019-03-20 13:23

For anyone interested in attending the remaining sessions of our Build Your Own Archive! workshops, please note that the dates have now changed:

Sessions 2 and 3 of our workshop series will now be held as follows:

Session 2: Saturday 6 April (2.00-5.00pm) - Conducting Research Within Archives

Session 3: Saturday 4 May (2.00-5.00pm) - Digital Archives

Full details for Session 2 will be published soon, so keep an eye on our website, social media and Eventbrite. 

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40th Anniversary of the Grenada Revolution

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2019-03-13 11:14

Forty years ago on the morning of 13 March 1979 on the Caribbean island of Grenada, the defence wing of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) overthrew the government led by Eric Gairy. It was a bloodless coup which was hailed not just by Grenadians, but by many other island nations in the region. Maurice Bishop, the most prominent leader of the revolution became the country's second Prime Minister.

6 March 2019: Writing & Activism with David Austin

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2019-02-19 18:46

Join us at the GPI on Wednesday 6 March as we welcome the award winning author David Austin who'll be sharing perspectives and readings from his two titles published by Pluto Press in 2018.

​In Dread Poetry and Freedom; Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution ​Austin delves into themes of 'poetry, political consciousness and social transformation' through the lens of the Jamaican-British poet's own literary activism.

Build Your Own Archive!

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2019-02-15 15:23

George Padmore Institute (GPI), Sat 23 February 2019: 2.00-5.00pm.

Over the next three months, in collaboration with PhD researcher Vivian Latinwo-Olajide and the University of Leicester, the George Padmore Institute is proud to present a three part workshop series introducing participants to basic archival practice, whilst exploring critical questions. All sessions are free, but donations to the GPI are welcome.

3 March 2019: Foundations Vol. 3 with Shabaka Hutchings

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2019-02-12 15:18

Foundations is a new monthly reading group with a special guest bringing texts, films and music that have been foundational to their political and creative becomings. The event takes its name from the writing of John La Rose, and the New Beacon Books publication of the same name. These texts will be placed in conversation with related material from The George Padmore Institute. Each edition will feature intimate, open discussions and coincide with open days to allow greater access to selected material outside our regular opening hours.

Here to Stay: tracing the histories of anti-deportations resistance

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2019-02-06 15:59

This Saturday 9 February we are participating in Here to Stay: tracing the histories of anti-deportations resistance, ​part of the World Without Borders ​series organised by End Deportations. Our ionvolvement is a continuation of the GPI's Citizens of a Common Future Project (CCFP) through which we collaborate with diverse organizations and open up our archives to new and wider audiences.

A reminder for Slumboy From The Golden City

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2019-01-21 14:14

A quick reminder that you are warmly invited to attend the GPI's first public event for 2019...

Join us this Thursday 24 January at 7pm when Paul Joseph discusses his memoirs Slumboy From The Golden City with Professor Gus John.

Come listen in on what promises to be a richly interesting conversation between these two activists and comrades!

See you there...  

Thursday 24 January 2019

6.30pm for 7.00pm start

38 years since the New Cross Fire

Submitted by admin on Fri, 2019-01-18 17:02

Today marks 38 years since the tragedy of the New Cross Fire which claimed many young black lives.

What started out as a happy gathering to celebrate a teenager’s birthday, ended in death and destruction.

The GPI remembers those who lost their lives, their families and those who survived.

Slumboy From the Golden City

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2019-01-07 12:32

Happy New Year to you all!

We are here at the GPI already busying ourselves and alerting you now to the first of our 2019 outreach public events:

A conversation with Paul Joseph and Professor Gus John on Slumboy from the Golden City, Paul’s recently published book of memoirs.

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