There has been a growing interest and debate about decolonising academia and the curriculum this year, with discussions and presentations by academics and student unions. This event is an opportunity to hear and share what librarians and academics are doing in this area and to possibly build a network of interested parties.

PROGRAMME:

9.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 Welcome and housekeeping

10.15 – 11.00 Keynote Address

11.00 – 11.40 Presentation – Decolonising LSE Collections – Kevin Wilson (London School of Economics)

11.40 – 11.50 Tea break

11.50 – 13.10 Presentations

11.50 – 12.30 Broaden my Bookshelf: working with the University of Huddersfield Student Union to tackle the attainment gap – Kate McGuinn (University of Huddersfield)

12.30 – 13.10 Embodying Policy and Accountability – Teresa Cisneros (Wellcome Collections)

13:10 – 13:40 Lunch

13.40 – 14.10 Lightning Talks 1

• Turning the library inside out – initiatives at UEA Library – Grant Young and Jennifer Whitaker (University of East Anglia)
• Supporting access to material and resources relating to Black and African Diaspora for the Black and African Diaspora Students – Carol Hughes (University of East London)
• Liberated Library – Abigail Elliott and Samuel Piker (Brunel, University of London)

14.10 – 15.30 Presentations

14.10 – 15.50 Decolonising Research and Academic Skills – Sara Ewing (Goldsmiths, University of London)

14.50 – 15.30 Creative Library Research – Adam Ramejkis and Alexandra Duncan (University of the Arts, London)

15.30 – 15.40 Tea break

15.40 – 16.40 Lightning Talks 2

• Decolonising through critical librarianship at Cambridge University – Eve Lacey (Newham College, University of Cambridge)
• Human Library – inviting marginalised voices into libraries – Olena Waskiewicz (University of Winchester)
• Decolonising Polar UDC – Frances Marsh (Scott Polar Research Institute)
• Liberating Reading Lists – Jess Crilly and Lucy Panesar (University of the Arts, London)
• From Black History Month to creating ongoing decolonial dialogue: emerging collaborative practices at the University of Sussex Library – Alice Corble (University of Sussex)
• Reading Together: a student-led initiative to promote black writers at LJMU – Valerie Stevenson (Liverpool John Moores University)

16.50 – 16.55 Next steps and round-up

17.00 End

Organised by Elizabeth Charles (Birkbeck, University of London), Ian Clark (University of East London) and Marilyn Clarke (Goldsmiths, University of London).

This is a FREE event. Please register your interest at eventbrite