Race Forum

Birkbeck research

Exploring histories of ‘race’ and racism

Birkbeck, University of London is a global centre for research and teaching on ‘race’ and racism. The College is home to multidisciplinary communities of scholars and students, academic programmes and research centres committed to the study of this subject area. The founding mission of the College was to offer working people the opportunity to study at university and this has shaped the extensive production of important work on ‘race’ and racism. The College will be building upon this throughout 2024 as it enters its third centenary.

The Race Forum at Birkbeck is a public forum that hosts lectures, seminars, symposia and reading groups on ‘race’ and racism in relation to histories and legacies of colonisation and the global geopolitics of the twenty-first century.

Recent events at the Race Forum have focused on different forms of state and corporate negligence and violence and contemporary warfare.

Future events

Find out about the events that we have planned in the Centre.

Past events

Find out about our past events, including lectures, seminars and symposiums.

University of Sanctuary

Birkbeck is the first higher education institution in London to receive the title University of Sanctuary by the City of Sanctuary charity for its support of refugees and asylum seekers.

MA Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity

Our transdisciplinary master's programme stretches across the arts and humanities and social sciences. It examines the connections between histories of colonisation and contemporary social formations and inequalities.

Race Forum

Race Forum

Future events

Past events

University of Sanctuary

MA Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity

Reading Group