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University of Oxford Black History Month Lecture 2025 Power and Pride: Histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain
The 2025 Black History Month Lecture will be delivered by award-winning historian Professor Hakim Adi. The event is organised by the University of Oxford BME Staff Network and the Equality and Diversity Unit who are honoured to welcome Hakim as this year’s speaker.
The lecture will explore themes of power and pride in the rich histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain, encompassing approximately 10,000 years of Britain’s history.
Hakim is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Professorial Research Associate at the Centre of Pan-African Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He was the first historian of African heritage to become a professor of history in Britain.
In August 2024, Hakim was the recipient of the ‘Outstanding African Studies Award’ by the African Studies Association (UK) in recognition of his ‘exceptional contribution to the field of African Studies, for expanding and disseminating knowledge on Africa.’ In April 2025, he was awarded the Amilcar Cabral Centenary Medallion by the Fundação Amilcar Cabral (Cape Verde) for his work honouring the memory of Amilcar Cabral.
Hakim has appeared in many documentary films, on TV and on radio and has written widely on the history of Africa and the African Diaspora, including three history books for children. His most recent publication, Africa and Caribbean People in Britain: A History (Allen Lane, 2023), was shortlisted for the prestigious Wolfson History Prize in Britain in September 2023.
Date:
16 October 2025, 17:15
Venue:
Keble College, Parks Road OX1 3PG
Venue Details:
O’Reilly Theatre
Speaker:
Professor Hakim Adi (London School of Economics)
Organising department:
Equality and Diversity Unit
Organiser contact email address:
iona.shaw@admin.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Aprajita Verma (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-oxford-black-history-month-lecture-2025-tickets-1757454737429?aff=oddtdtcreator
Booking email:
equality@admin.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Iona Shaw
