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Errol Lawrence later revisited his theorising on 'racism and common-sense' in this article: Bhattacharyya, G. (2019). Revisiting ‘common-sense’ in a time of cultivated ignorance – a conversation with Errol Lawrence. Identities, 27(1), 114–131. doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.201…

Errol Lawrence - We are sad to announce that the former Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies graduate @unibirmingham has recently passed away. Lawrence had contributed to the acclaimed book, ‘The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 70s Britain’, published in 1982.

Today is a special day! Day One of the Stuart Hall: Positions and Trajectories To get involved through social media #SHAP2024 @ConjuncturesP @beech_nick

CALL FOR PAPERS🥳 STUART HALL: POSITIONS AND TRAJECTORIES Stuart Hall Archive Project International Conference, 31 October – 2 November 2024 Deadline for Abstracts and Proposals: Thursday 25 July (23:59, UCT+1) @beech_nick @ConjuncturesP @patnoxolo

Thank you to Dr Connell and attendees for the great discussions. Photos credit: @Poppybeadstory

We were provided snippets from final interview with Stuart Hall and gained insights into Halls reflections around Cultural Studies and his work. We also heard from CCCS alumni who walked us through their own experiences with the centre and working with Hall.

On Wednesday the 24th of April, we welcomed @KConnellWriter. Where he spoke about establishing the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies(CCCS) Archive at the Cadbury Research Library, and his interview with Stuart Hall, the last recorded before Hall’s death in 2014.

In this new blog post on the Stuart Hall Archive Project (SHAP) website, together some of the project members, have written a short reflection around the Readings Seminar 'Listening to Stuart Hall' by @AcademicDiary, presented in November 2023.

Below is an image of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies First Annual Report 1964. Ref Code: UB/CCCS/A/3/1 All the CCCS Annual Reports are digitised and available via CalmView via reference code UB/CCCS/A/3. @CadburyRL

New blog post alert! Written by our very own @beech_nick, this blog post explores the discoveries and insights that were made by @GoldsmithsUoL, MA Cultural Studies students during a visit to the archive in November 2023.

The archive can be accessed via @CadburyRL at the @unibirmingham. The university has great relevance to the archive, as it was during the period 1968 – 1979 where Hall eventually became the Acting and then Director of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.

The archive contains 102 boxes and is an important resource on Stuart Hall’s work, writings and activism, that spanned 6 decades. The archive is incredibly rich and contains a multitude of documents that relate to organisations such as @Iniva_arts , @AutographABP, @CNDuk