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Talks

Thomas Fowell Buxton and the Anti Slavery Movement

  • Date: Tuesday 2 October 2007, 12:30-1pm
  • Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery
  • Price: £1
  • Programme: Join Giorgia Bottinelli, Exhibition Curator, for an overview of the exhibition which commemorates the British Government's abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
  • Telephone: 01603 493625
  • Email: museums@norfolk.gov.uk
  • Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Lunchtime Talk (1)

  • Date: Thursday 4 October 2007, 1:15-1:45pm
  • Venue: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: During the autumn season enjoy bite-sized lunchtime talks celebrating Black History month and giving you extra insight into the special exhibitions. Talks are fun, informal and free.
  • Telephone: 01603 593199
  • Email: scva@uea.ac.uk
  • Web: www.scva.ac.uk

NEAD AGM

  • Date: Thursday 4 October 2007
  • Venue: Norwich Central Baptist Church Hall, Duke St, Norwich
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Black History Month partners NEAD invite you to their Annual General Meeting - find out what NEAD does and how you can make a difference. With guest speaker Benny Wenda, from the Free West Papua Campaign and chairman of the Koteka Tribal Assembly. Benny is currently in exile in the UK having been arrested and tortured for his peaceful campaigning for freedom for his people.
  • Telephone: 01603 610993
  • Email: alaine@nead.org.uk
  • Web: www.nead.org

Reading: Malorie Blackman

  • Date: Tuesday 9 October 2007, 6:30pm
  • Venue: Millennium Library, The Forum, Norwich
  • Price: £2
  • Programme: In Stuff of Nightmares Malorie Blackman has plundered both her own nightmares and her imagination to create another world of experience for Kyle, victim of a train crash, and victim of a stalker beyond the usual. To escape the notice of Death, the place to hide seems to be in the emotions - the fears - of his classmates. But where will it end, and just who is the shadowy figure searching for him...? Search your subconscious and join Kyle on his quest... find out more at the Millennium Library at the Forum.
    Malorie Blackman is one of the country's most well loved and acclaimed authors for young adults and the writer of the Noughts and Crosses trilogy.
    Suitable for ages 12+
  • Telephone: 01603 774774

Slavery and its Legacies (1)

  • Date: Wednesday 10 October 2007, 6pm
  • Venue: Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: The first of a series of four public lectures on the history and legacy of slavery. Dr Richard Maguire, the historian for the Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council's Hidden Heritage Project, discusses the links between Norfolk and slavery, the role of Norfolk's ordinary people in fighting slavery, the long history of BME communities in Norfolk and explains why this knowledge is an essential weapon in the fight against racism.
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
  • Web: www.nnrec.org.uk

Amelia Opie and her commitment to the Anti-Slavery Campaign

  • Date: Tuesday 16 October, 12:30-1pm
  • Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Amelia Opie specialist Ann Farrant discusses the role of Amelia Opie, Norwich poet, author, and committed anti-slavery campaigner.
  • Telephone: 01603 493625
  • Email: museums@norfolk.gov.uk
  • Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Slavery and its Legacies (2)

  • Date: Wednesday 17 October 2007, 6pm
  • Venue: Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: In the second of four public lectures on the history and legacy of slavery, Dr Malcolm McLaughlin, a lecturer at the UEA and author of Power, Community and Racial Killing in East St Louis looks at race and labour, and the struggle for black equality.
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
  • Web: www.nnrec.org.uk

Debate: Should Britain Apologise for its Part in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

  • Date: Thursday 18 October 2007, 1:15-1:45pm
  • Venue: Learning Resources Seminar Room, City College, Norwich
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Come and take part in this friendly and informal debate. All welcome. We will have a guest facilitator, Dr Richard Maguire, From the Norwich & Norfolk Racial Equality Council. Refreshments will be provided free of charge.
  • Telephone: 01603 773 458
  • Email: "mailto:hrichardson@ccn.ac.uk"
  • Web: www.nnrec.org.uk

Lunchtime Talk (2)

  • Date: Thursday 18 October 2007, 1:15-1:45pm
  • Venue: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: The second in a series of bite sized lunchtime talks celebrating black history month. Talks continue on November 1st, 15th and 29th 2007. Visit our website for more information.
  • Telephone: 01603 593199
  • Email: scva@uea.ac.uk
  • Web: www.scva.ac.uk

Norfolk and Slavery (Watton)

  • Date: Friday 19 October 2007, 2-3:30pm
  • Venue: Watton Library, George Trollope Road, Watton
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: A public lecture by Dr Richard Maguire, historian with the Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council's Hidden Heritage Project. He discusses the links between Norfolk and slavery, the activity of Norfolk's anti-slavery campaigners, and the long history of the county's BME communities.
  • Telephone: 01953 881671
  • Email: watton.lib@norfolk.gov.uk

Norfolk and Slavery (Thetford)

  • Date: Wednesday 24 October 2007, 3pm & 6pm
  • Venue: Ancient House, Museum of Thetford Life, White Hart St, Thetford
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Two chances to catch Dr Richard Maguire's fascinating lecture in Thetford - find out more about Norfolk's links to slavery and those who campaigned against it.
  • Telephone: 01842 752599
  • Email: Ellie.hill@norfolk.gov.uk
  • Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Slavery and its Legacies (3)

  • Date: Wednesday 24 October 2007, 6pm
  • Venue: Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: In the third of our public lecture series on the history and legacy of slavery, Professor James Walvin, of the University of York and world-renowned expert on the history of slavery, examines why the British abolished the transatlantic slave trade in 1807.
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
  • Web: www.nnrec.org.uk

In Search of Harriet Martineau

  • Date: Friday 26 October 2007, 2pm
  • Venue: Norwich Arts Centre, St Benedict's St, Norwich
  • Price: £2
  • Programme: Stuart Hobday presents an overview of the life of the 19th century slavery abolitionist and writer Harriet Martineau. A forgotten daughter of her home city, Norwich, Martineau was the first female journalist, an early sociologist and feminist, a novelist and renowned in her day as a fearless radical and activist. This work will particularly focus on her work to support the abolition of slavery in America.
  • Telephone: 01603 660352
  • Email: boxoffice@norwichartscentre.co.uk
  • Web: www.norwichartscentre.co.uk

Norfolk and Slavery (Gt Yarmouth)

  • Date: Monday 29 October 2007, 2pm
  • Venue: Gt Yarmouth Library, Tolhouse St, Great Yarmouth
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Dr Richard Maguire, the historian with the Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council's Hidden Heritage Project, discusses the links between Norfolk and slavery, the role of Norfolk people in fighting slavery and the enthralling history of Norfolk's BME communities.
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk

Norfolk and Slavery (Norwich)

  • Date: Tuesday 30 October 2007, 12:30-1pm
  • Venue: Norwich Castle Museum & Gallery
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: Dr Richard Maguire, the historian with the Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council's Hidden Heritage Project, discusses the links between Norfolk and slavery, the role of Norfolk people in fighting slavery and the enthralling history of Norfolk's BME communities.
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
  • Web: www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk

Slavery and its Legacies (4)

  • Date: Wednesday 31 October 2007, 6pm
  • Venue: Elizabeth Fry Building, University of East Anglia
  • Price: Free
  • Programme: In the final lecture of the series on the history and legacy of slavery, Dr Marika Sherwood, a founder member of the Black and Asian Studies Association and Honourary Senior Researcher at London University's Institute of Commonwealth Studies, examines the legacies of the slavery for the UK and Africa. Copies of her book After Abolition - Britain and the Slave Trade after 1807 (I B Tauris 2007) will be available for sale before and after the event..
  • Telephone: 01603 224149
  • Email: Richard.Maguire@nnrec.org.uk
  • Web: www.nnrec.org.uk
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