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 18 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Forgotten Stories of Oxford with Rawz
Date: 18 October 2024, 13:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Rawz (Urban Music Foundation)
Venue Details: Starting point is at Turn Again Lane, near Westgate
Organisers: Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford), Holly Cooper (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Digital Currents, Creations, and Collaborations with Dr. Francesca Sobande
Date: 25 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Francesca Sobande (Cardiff University)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Colin Matthew Room
Organisers: Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford), Holly Cooper (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music and Culture during COVID’
Date: 15 November 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Joy White (University of Bedfordshire)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: 3rd floor seminar room
Organisers: Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford), Holly Cooper (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Imagining Revolutionary Humanism and Worlds Otherwise
Date: 6 December 2024, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Levi Gahman (University of Liverpool)
Venue: Radcliffe Humanities, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: 3rd floor seminar room
Organisers: Dr Chantelle Lewis (University of Oxford), Holly Cooper (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editor: Holly Cooper