8 Feb. 2023 (18:00pm GMT) - ILAS Grand Challenges Lecture Series - Keele University.
Malik Al Nasir - Keynote lecture.
'Lifting The Barriers to Black Academia – Through Positive Action and Decolonisation'
The latest in a series of Grand Challenges lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences and brought to you in partnership with the Race Equality Lecture Series.
Abstract
"As a black person growing up in a predominantly white society, there are often a range of intersectional barriers we face, particularly in education. Higher rates of child poverty, often institutionalised and systemic racism within the structures of the society, when added to the historic misconceptions of Black people, fostered through hundreds of years of disinformation – a legacy of enslavement and colonialism – result in a plethora of disadvantage. This often feeds into poorer academic outcomes, than even similarly disadvantaged white children, who do not have the added factors of race to contend with..." Malik al Nasir will explore how these barriers impact Black academia and what can be done to lift them.
Location: The Salvin Room, Keele Hall, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire. ST5 5BG.
Online: Via MS Teams (Teams link upon online registration).
Organiser: Steve Kilner
Contact: ilas@keele.ac.uk
This lecture will be available in person as well as online via Microsoft Teams. For those attending in person, refreshments will be available from 5.30pm onwards. For those attending online, please register (by no later than 4.00pm on the day of the lecture) and joining instructions with further information will follow ahead of the lecture.
This lecture is free and all are welcome to attend.
Booking is required. Book here.
For those who could not attend - Maliks slides are available here
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