St John's College History Society

𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 -

Join the SJCHS in welcoming Dr. Sofia Gotti who is hosting a talk on the topic ‘Josefina Plá: Between the Indigenous and the Modern in Paraguayan Art and Literature’ this March!

In her own words: “This talk will discuss the work of Josefina Plá (1903-1999), a naturalised Paraguayan artist, poet, novelist and an avid scholar of Guaraní culture. Plá was a champion of indigenous women whose herstories were at the centre of her cultural production. Straddling Feminist and Decolonial projects ante litteram, Plá’s work sheds light on the complex relationship between indigeneity, modernity and women’s emancipation in Paraguay.”

Join us on Monday 7th March for an enlightening talk and discussion held in the Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School from 18:15!

We hope to see you there!

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 '22 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐱

𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 -

In collaboration with St Johns femsoc we are excited to present this upcoming event!

A panel discussion with some formidable women in academia!

Open to all join us in the Central Hall of the Old Divinity School from 18:00 Friday 25th February!

We can’t wait to see you there!

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 '22 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐱

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𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 -

Join the SJCHS in welcoming Dr. Adam Chau who is hosting a talk on the topic ‘Mao’s Mango Fever’ this February!

In his own words: “Do you know that a basket of mangoes can change the course of history? That’s exactly what happened on the fifth of August 1968, when Chairman Mao gave a basket of mangoes to the Workers’ Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Team sent to university campuses to quell the escalating armed Red-Guard factionalism (the mangoes had been given to him by the Pakistani foreign minister). A mango fever ensued that enveloped the whole country, and the mangoes played a crucial role in delegitimating the red guards (the mangoes were not for them!). Tens of thousands mango replicas travelled up and down the country in reliquary-like containers held in parades by reverential revolutionary-committee members. This is a crucial chapter at the height of the Cultural Revolution that has heretofore been neglected even by experts on that period of China’s political history. Dr Chau has written about Mao's Mangoes in several publications.”

Join us on Monday 21st February for an intriguing talk and Q&A session in the Main Lecture Theatre in the Old Divinity School from 16:45.

We hope to see you there!

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 '22 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐱

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 –

𝑺𝒕 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏'𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚'𝒔 2022 𝑨𝒏𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓
𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 '𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞'

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𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦
(𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝑬 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕)
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𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 9𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 19:00
𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝: 19:45
𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞: 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑻𝒊𝒆

𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐕𝐈𝐀 𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐘

𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 -

Join the SJCHS in welcoming Dr. Ruth Watson who is hosting a talk on her latest research project ‘Crowds in World History’ this January!

In her own words: “This talk is about writing a history of ‘the crowd’ as a social and historical category. Conceiving crowds as more than simply aggregations of people, my interest is in examining how people become conscious of being part of a crowd, and how in turn such crowds develop their own social momentum. I argue that ideas about the crowd, and instances of crowd action (such as riots), are an important theme throughout world history. The project is inspired by George Rudé’s classic social history text, The Crowd in History, and focuses mostly on ‘protest crowds’. His framework, however, is Eurocentric: it concentrates on the transition to industrial society in England and France from the eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. I seek to develop a broader conceptualisation by drawing on a wider range of examples, acknowledging and asserting the existence of crowds in diverse cultural and historical settings. To this end, my talk will discuss case studies such the crowd that assembled in Mexico City in 1692 and proceeded to burn down every sign and symbol related to Spain; the Morant Bay Rebellion, launched in 1865 by a crowd of Jamaican freedmen who descended in protest on a courthouse; the 1906 ‘hooligan riots’ in colonial Cape Town; and finally, the crowds in Eastern Nigeria who instigated the so-called ‘Women’s War’ in 1929.”

Join us on January 31st for a talk and Q&A session in the Lightfoot Room by 17:45.
We hope to see you there!

Your ‘22 Social Sec Nat x

𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕤 𝕆𝕟𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔸𝕝𝕝!

𝕋𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎-𝙴𝚟𝚎 𝙵𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚣 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕!

𝔸 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚢’𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍!

𝕀 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎! 𝚆𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚖!

𝔽𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝕊𝕁ℂℍ𝕊 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚢!

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 ’𝟚𝟙 𝕊𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕖𝕔 ℕ𝕒𝕥 𝕩

𝕄𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕤!

𝕋𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏....
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-𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜
-𝙵𝚘𝚘𝚍
-𝙳𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜
-𝚃𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚜

𝔸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚣 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝙷𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙺𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍! 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚞𝚗! 𝙳𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝!

𝕊𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚃𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝟸𝟹𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛!

𝕊𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊’𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚜 𝙲𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖!

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 ’𝟚𝟙 𝕊𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕖𝕔 ℕ𝕒𝕥 𝕩

𝔹𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕤 -

𝕁𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 23𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳, 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝. 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝!

𝔸 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐟𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐬! 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐯 𝐇𝐇 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬!

𝕆𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝑬𝒗𝒆 𝐄𝐯𝐞!

19:30 - 21:30

𝕀𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐳𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥!

𝕐𝕠𝕦𝕣 '21 𝕊𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕖𝕔 ℕ𝕒𝕥 𝕩

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 -

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝!

𝐏𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐚, 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬.

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐅𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧! 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/collection/black-britain-on-film

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 '21 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐭 𝐱

𝐆𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩

The formation of the Gay Black Group was a landmark in gay black history. Meeting at Gay's the Word, a bookshop in Bloomsbury, London, it
provided a sounding board and support for gay and black communities of the 1980s. Sitting on the outside of both by virtue of their sexuality or
ethicity the group attempted to negotiate a path through the complexities of cultural and sexual identity. In this film, members of the group talk to Paula Ahluwalia about their experiences.

One of the interviewees is the film-maker Isaac Julien, then a student at St Martin's School of Art. In 1991 his film Young Soul Rebels won the
critics prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

One of tonight’s Short Films!

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