Black History Month 2019

Queen Mary celebrated Black History Month 2019 with a programme of events across our campuses from 1 - 31 October.

The Students' Union also hosted a variety of events throughout the month. 

You can see our 2019 programme below:

 

Time	Event	Venue	Organizer
Tuesday 1 October
18.00-20.00	Black Girl Book Club - Meet & Greet	Blomeley 1	Black Girl Book Club (QMSU)
Wednesday 2 October
12.00-15.00	Black-Owned Business Fair	Library Square	BL African & Caribbean Society (BLSA)
Thursday 3 October
18.33-20.00	Black History Month Book Club	Blomeley Room 2	Decolonise QMUL (QMSU)
Friday 4 October
16.00-19.00	Young Soul Rebels (1991) film screening, introduced by Dr Rob Waters	Hitchcock cinema, Arts One	School of History
17.30-19.30	Panel Discussion: Why Black History Month is Important	Blomeley Room 2	QM African & Caribbean Society (QMSU)
18.00-21.00	Field day to 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair	Somerset House (meet outside Mile End Library)	Pan-African Society (QMSU)
Wednesday 9 October
17.30-19.30	Self Care Event	Blomeley Room 2	BL African & Caribbean Society (BLSA)
Thursday 10 October
13.00-14.00	A History of Black Freedom: Finding the Jamaican Maroons in the Imperial Archive with Miles Ogborn (registration required)	Peoples Palace, LG01	School of Geography
13.00-14.00	Decolonising the University: What does it mean for the study of politics? (registration required)	Laws 1.19	School of Politics and International Relations
Friday 11 October
12.30-13.30	Ugwumpiti - Maurice's Story - A child's experience of the Biafran War screening (registration required)	Arts 1.28	School of Geography
16.00-19.00	Burning An Illusion (1981) film screening, introduced by Dr Rob Waters (registration required)	Hitchcock cinema, Arts One	School of History
Monday 14 October
17.30-20.00	Open Mic Night	Drapers Lounge	QM African & Caribbean Society (QMSU)
Tuesday 15 October
18.00-21.00	Mental Health in the BAME Demographic	Milton Lecture Theatre	BL African & Caribbean Society (BLSA)
Wednesday 16 October
14.00-15.00	How striking workers in the Caribbean changed British imperial policy, with Dr. Leslie James (registration required)	Bancroft Road 4.01	School of History
Thursday 17 October
18.00-21.00	Hidden Figures Film Screening	Kennedy Lecture Theatre, Innovation Centre	BL African & Caribbean Society, Black Girl Book Club, Pan-African Society and QM African & Caribbean Society (BLSA/QMSU)
18.30-20.00	Black Art and Iconography	Blomeley Room 2	Decolonise QMUL (QMSU)
Friday 18 October
16.00-19.00	Playing Away (1986) film screening, introduced by Dr Rob Waters (registration required)	Hitchcock cinema, Arts One	School of History
18.00-21.00	Black History Month Pub Quiz	The Griff Inn	BL African & Caribbean Society (BLSA)
18.00-02.00	E1 - Black History Month Edition	Drapers Bar and Kitchen	BL African & Caribbean Society, QM African & Caribbean Society and Pan-African Society (BLSA/QMSU)
Tuesday 22 October
18.00-20.00	Black History Month Panel Discussion	Clark Kennedy Lecture Theatre	BL African & Caribbean Society (BLSA)
Wednesday 23 October
13.00-14.00	Black Germans under the Nazi regime, with Dr. Joe Cronin  (registration required)	Bancroft Road 4.01	School of History
Thursday 24 October
18.30-20.30	Black History in Islam with Mustafa Briggs	Blomely Room 1 and 2	Decolonise QMUL (QMSU)
Friday 25 October
10.00-14.30	Organising for liberation: Past, present, fugitive futures (registration required)	Blomeley 2, QMSU Building	School of Business and Management
18.00-21.00	CRED annual lecture: George Yancy in conversation with Gail Lewis (registration required)	Arts Two lecture theatre	School of Business and Management
18.00-22.00	Fashion Show	Drapers Lounge	Pan-African Society (QMSU)
Saturday 26 October
9.00-17.30	Building the anti-racist classroom: Organising for liberation (registration required)	Arts Two	School of Business and Management
Wednesday 30 October
13.00-14.00	The Caribbean Regiment and Britain's Second World War, with Professor Dan Todman (registration required)	Bancroft 3.20	School of History
18.00-19.00	Black Girl Book Club Meeting	Matt Spencer Boardroom	Black Girl Book Club (QMSU)