Race & Resistance

Students and staff confronting racism and racial hierarchies in Oxford and beyond. Join us!

Launched in January 2013, the Race and Resistance programme brings together researchers, students, and activists in the history, literature, and culture of anti-racist movements across the modern world.

Our programme actively challenges all forms of racism and hierarchy and connected inequalities. We seek to facilitate informed conversations about race, racism, resistance, and liberation within Oxford and beyond.

During the term, we meet at Friday lunchtime. Sessions have a variety of formats, including facilitated discussions with students, researchers, and activists, lectures by invited speakers, short research presentations, seminars discussing pre-circulated texts from across disciplines, book launches, and film screenings.

All are welcome to attend and to get involved!
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Holly Cooper (University of Oxford), Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford)
Timing: Fridays at 1pm
Web Address: https://torch.ox.ac.uk/raceresist
Organising department: The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)

Talks:

Friday 21 November 2025

Tracing Forms of Resistance for Black Individuals in Fascist Italy
Date: 21 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Mathilde Lyons (University of St Andrews)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Seminar Room 63, Ground Floor
Organiser: Marielle Masolo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 December 2025

Book Launch with Daisy J. Hung: I Am Not a Tourist
Date: 5 December 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Daisy J. Hung (University of Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Seminar Room 63, Ground Floor
Organiser: Marielle Masolo (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Holly Cooper, Marielle Masolo, Nicole Harris