On Saturday 14 May, Black Country Living Museum will be celebrating Shakespeare’s First Folio visiting the Museum as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ project. The Folio will be fully and freely accessible all day, including a range of interactive workshops and talks from University of Wolverhampton experts taking place, Read more…
Join us for this online talk with artists Charlotte Dunn and Susan Brisco About this event Black Country Studies Centre and ArtsFest Online are delighted to present an online discussion with artists Charlotte Dunn and Susan Brisco. Charlotte and Susan will be chatting to Dr Jenny Gilbert about their involvement Read more…
Join us for this online talk with artists Leanne O’Connor and Ewan Johnston About this event Black Country Studies Centre and ArtsFest Online are delighted to present an online discussion with artists Leanne O’Connor and Ewan Johnston. Leanne and Ewan will be chatting to Dr Jenny Gilbert about their involvement Read more…
With Dr Elizabeth J Done (University of Plymouth, UK), Helen Knowler (University of Wolverhampton, UK), Dr Jenny Gilbert (BCLM) and Sharan Dhanda (BCLM). Join the BCSC as we launch a collaborative research project exploring naughtiness in the Black Country. Do you remember your school days with fondness or fear? Many Read more…
We’re happy to bring you the recording of our ‘in conversation’ event with author and BCLM historian, Simon Briercliffe and University of Wolverhampton’s Professor Keith Gildart. Join them as they discuss Black Country identity, rock n roll and industry…
Maybe you missed it the first time around or perhaps you enjoyed it so much that you want to relive the experience… The BCSC and University of Wolverhampton’s Arts Fest Online are please to present our full Festival of Britain @ 70 series to watch online. Throughout summer 2021, we Read more…
The BCSC has joined forces with ArtsFest Online for this special ‘in conversation’ event. Join Historian and BCLM Researcher Simon Briercliffe and University of Wolverhampton Professor of Labour and Social History Keith Gildart, as they discuss the working class history of the Black Country. The discussion will focus on Simon’s Read more…
Think you can tell your science fact from your science fiction? Join the BCSC and some fiendish friends for our second annual Halloween online event. This time around, we’ll be looking at the Black Country’s links with science fiction and exploring some of the weird and wonderful aspects of the Read more…
The BCSC Halloween Online Special Thursday 28th October, 7-9pm, Zoom After last year’s spine-chilling Black Country Gothic event, we’re gathering around the virtual fireside again for an evening of spooky science fiction (and science fact!), all with a distinctive Black Country twist. Expect mutants, mummies, monsters, machines and tales of Read more…
Thu 14th Oct 1pm – What Should Black History Mean To Mixed-Race Britons In this talk Stephen Bush, the Political Editor of the New Statesman, will discuss what he feels Black History Month should mean to Mixed-Raced Britons. Stephen Bush is one of Britain’s leading political journalists, leading the Read more…