A Celebration of Creativity, Culture and Community This year’s Black History Month event at BCLM is a virtual event to celebrate the contribution of Black people living and working in the Black Country. Join BCLM for an evening of performances including song, dance, music, and spoken word that will showcase Read more…
October is Black History Month (BHM) – an annual celebration and commemoration of the history, culture, diversity, contributions and achievements of Black people in the UK. Here is a round-up of the BHM events taking place at the University of Wolverhampton: Please note that this list will updated throughout the Read more…
Thursday 17th September, 17:00-18:30 Join members of the Centre for Print History and Culture to launch a special edition of the journal Midland History, (Taylor & Francis Online ) which is dedicated to printing history and culture of the Midlands. The Midlands was Britain’s most historically important printing region outside London. Through Read more…
Here’s the first part of our quick round up of the exciting ArtsFest Online events taking place in August… Wednesday 5th August 11:30am-12:30pm Artist Residency at HMP Grendon (Part Two) – talk by Dean Kelland and James Latunji-Cockbill In the second part of this discussion about Dean’s artistic residency at Read more…
More exciting events are lined up for ArtsFest online next week (week commencing Monday 27th July). Monday 27th July 4pm-5pm Finding our Funny Roots Project – A Presentation Students from the University’s School of Humanities have been working alongside the Finding our Funny Roots project which was run by Creative Read more…
ArtsFest have a exciting line-up of online events taking place next week (week commencing 13th July). From glass making to witchcraft – expect creativity and, of course, a bit of the unexpected! Tuesday 14th July 3pm-4pm: Dr Max Stewart in Conversation with Renowned Glass Artist Allister Malcolm Join Dr Max Read more…
The University of Wolverhampton have teamed up with Wild Pressed Books to offer readers free copies of R. M. Francis’ recent novel, Bella. R. M. Francis is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University, and his book is based on his recently completed PhD in the School of Read more…
This year marks the sixth year of Artsfest hosted by the University of Wolverhampton. Traditionally they work with cultural venues across the region to programme a variety of events including live performances, workshops, theatre shows, music, poetry, art exhibitions, and lots more to get involved with. Despite the challenging times Read more…
This week we have an extra Lockdown Learning post from Judith Hamilton, a Senior Lecturer in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Wolverhampton and Olivia Boddy, a current second year student studying Linguistics. Catch up with the full Lockdown Learning series here. It is Read more…
Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, the Black Country Studies Centre will be bringing you videos and blogposts about life in the Black Country, past, present and future. Expert speakers will give you insights to their subject and research, as well as sharing their recommendations and links for finding out more. Catch Read more…