This December makes 58 years since Claudia Jones sadly passed. This will be marked by a Zoom conference entitled Repairing Histories 2: Commemorating Claudia Jones @ 58 on Saturday Dec. 17 2022, 1-4pm GMT.
The aim of the Repairing Histories conference is to have papers that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom. It is presented by academic and community historians with a plenary for audience engagement.
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Highlighting Claudia Jones' history in the context of British and Global African history; and to improve or expand our knowledge.
About this event
PROGRAMME:
Repairing Histories 2: Commemorating Claudia Jones @58
A Zoom online conference that will cover Global African and British African history, framed around the British and international histories of Claudia Jones. Presented by academic and community historians, with a plenary for audience engagement.
The aim of the conference is to have papers that improve or expand the knowledge of the subject, mainly by highlighting the little known aspects of that history, or challenging the received wisdom.
This event marks the 58th anniversary of the passing of Claudia Jones, who died in London on Dec. 25 1964.
Conference Papers:
Claudia Jones: Righting Things In Her Own Words Reimagined
Claudia Jones: A Titan Among Radical African Female Radicals
Why Claudia Jones Is One of the Greatest British Activists, Ever
Claudia Jones In The Context British & Global African History
Plenary
For enquiries: Awula Serwah via btwsc@hotmail.com.
Produced by BTWSC/African Histories Revisited in association with BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress) and TAOBQ (The African Or Black Question)
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