Laila Benhaida, Community Archivist, reflects on our visit to London....
‘The language may be different but the feelings we share as women survivors are mutual.’ – Safety4Sisters Writing Group
The This Is We anthology is a manifesto for migrant women speaking their truth to power, sharing experiences of gender-based violence, migration, raci...
Women’s Activism in Our Archives
Even a quick glance at our collections shows that women’s stories form a significant proportion of the material. The content of these collections be...
International Women’s Day 2022 – AIU Reading List!
At the moment, we’re developing and updating the AIU Library collections, going through each section book by book to see what we have, and to en...
Holocaust Memorial Day
For Holocaust Memorial Day (27 January) we shared some book suggestions from our library....
The Year of Our Moss Side 1981: “We believe Black History should be taught to prevent events being repeated”
A project working with young people using our archive records around the 1981 uprisings in Moss Side....
Exploring Black Spaces Through Community Archives and Creative Writing
Come join us for a free half-day workshop exploring histories of Moss Side and Hulme through our archives and creative writing. This session is part o...
The impact of Covid-19: workshop & event
Since 2019, Covid-19 has impacted us in so many ways. With the multiple lockdowns and working from home, we can see how our lives have changed and how...
Connected/ing communities in Manchester: translation and interpreting in the spotlight
Dr Rebecca Tipton reports on an online event hosted in conjunction with the AIU Centre exploring translation and interpreting in the city’s public a...
Black History Month Reading List: Black History is World History
Our second reading list for Black History Month 2021 is inspired by the Black History is World History Educational Sessions that we have been running ...