The first of our Black History Month 2021 reading lists, inspired by our theme of 'And Still We Rise'...
‘And Still We Rise’ Black History Month 2021
We have an exciting programme of activities planned for Black History Month this year,...
Burning Work x AIU RACE Centre: The Archive Component, 23 September
A special day of conversations, connections, image and sound. The Archive Component is a free event exploring archive and community memory as ammuni...
How is the heritage sector engaging with global histories and communities?
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust explores how the sector approaches equality, diversity and inclusion internally and through its work with global maj...
Exploration of Family, Migration and Connection
On Saturday 7 August, Ananna’s Young Women’s group were joined by Shahnaz Ahsan, the author of Hashim & Family, to discuss her latest book for Sou...
Mirpuris in Manchester
We share some of the story and history of the Mirpuri/Kashmiri community in the UK, and particularly in Greater Manchester....
East African Asian Lives – a Crescent Community Radio project
For South Asia Heritage Month we asked one of the groups we are currently working with to share news of their ongoing project. ...
Archives Against Racism: A Covid-19 Collecting Event for Young People
Read about our first event on site since the lockdown: a workshop for secondary school age young people to learn about archives...
The Six Seasons of Bengal
Anamika Cultural Group share the colours, music and dances of the six seasons in Bangladesh. ...
“We all need joy” – Making art during the pandemic
Interview with British Pakistani artist Sabba Khan about her donation to our COVID-19 Collecting project....