Trainee Archivist Laila Benhaida shares her insights into the hidden depths and human stories within one of our collections. This collection was donat...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place every year on 27 January, a date which marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest N...
“Does Your Blood Not Move?”
Earlier this year we shared a post about the tragic death of Shukri Abdi, and its similarities with the case of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah. Shortly after that ...
Educational Resource Development – Freelance opportunity
Our archive and library collections hold an amazing range of diverse and powerful histories and experiences from Black, Asian, global majority, refuge...
Poet in Residence
We are delighted to announce the appointment of our first poet in residence, Shirley May, one of the best known and loved performers on the Manchester...
Recruitment – Community Producer
We are recruiting for a Community Producer to develop, commission and deliver new community-led creative responses exploring Black, Asian and Refugee ...
COVID-19 Collecting Project and Resourcing Racial Justice
Please note: throughout this blog we use Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) when talking about the wider communities we work with. We know these ...
Diversity is not a once-a-year special issue
Dr Safina Islam, head of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust, reflects on the need to embed diversity, inclusion and equality in org...
We’re Hiring – COVID-19 Project Manager
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre is an anti-racism library and archive that collects material about race, identity and communities. Our mission is to...
Why was the 1945 Pan-African Congress held in Manchester?
We’re delighted to publish this blog by renowned historian Marika Sherwood. Currently Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Comm...