糖心原创

Department of American and Canadian Studies

Events from the last 12 months

Beyond the Walls: Murals as Activism A Film Screening and Conversation

Date
20/10/2016
Location:
New Art Exchange
Description
Join us as we reflect on the success of Nottingham's first Black History Mural and consider the impact and legacy of murals more globally

Nottingham's First Black History Mural

Date
17/06/2016
Location:
New Art Exchange
Description
Please join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and the New Art Exchange for the grand unveiling of a new community mural

Ethnic Homelands

Date
11/07/2016
Location:
Five Leaves Bookshop
Description
Please join the Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice and the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a panel discussion on ethnic homelands in contemporary and historical perspective

Annual Reception and Prize-Giving

Date
01/06/2016
Location:
Highfield House
Description
Please RSVP to c3r@nottingham.ac.uk so that we can cater for the right numbers

Magic bus: how the hippie trail changed the world

Date
20/04/2016
Location:
A48 Clive Grainger
Description
Talk hosted by the Travel Cultures network

Tennessee Williams' Women and the Autobiographical 'I'

Date
14/03/2016
Location:
Nottingham Playhouse, Ustinov Room
Description
This talk will focus on the women in the playwright's life: his family, his characters, and the actresses for whom he created marvellous roles

American Music Session 3: The Rebirth of the Protest Song in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter

Date
26/05/2016
Location:
Nottingham Contemporary Cafe
Description
Music has played a key role in the angry response to racist policing and contemporary America. Nick Heffernan, lecturer in American and Canadian Studies and C3R associate, plays and discusses some examples and asks whether the protest song is enjoying an artistic and political renaissance.

American Music Session 4: Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi: The Art and Philosophy of Easy Listening

Date
23/06/2016
Location:
Nottingham Contemporary Cafe
Description
Alternately despised and rehabilitated, easy listening music dominated the popular music landscape from the 1940s to the 1960s. Nick Heffernan, lecturer in American and Canadian Studies and C3R associate, introduces a selection of recordings that attempts to encompass a sprawling, multifaceted and complex genre.

American Music Session 1: 'I Must Keep Fighting Until I'm Dying': Paul Robeson's Freedom and Protest Songs

Date
31/03/2016
Location:
Nottingham Contemporary Cafe
Description
For this first session, C3R postdoctoral co-director Hannah Durkin plays and discusses the slave spirituals and international protest songs of African American singer Paul Robeson to mark the 40th anniversary of his death

American Music Session 2: 'Black Man Struggle': Jamaican Pop from Mento to Dancehall

Date
28/04/2016
Location:
Nottingham Contemporary Cafe
Description
Patrick Henderson, doctoral student and C3R associate, surveys Jamaican pop music from the 1950s to the present day, playing and discussing examples of mento, ska, reggae and dancehall and considering their cultural significance
Displaying 91 to 100 of 170
Previous 8 9 10 11 12 Next

 

Department of American and Canadian Studies

University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD