EVENTS
We hold regular exhibitions and events in Manchester related to the work we do. These events include book launches, photography exhibitions and oral histories.
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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 we have had to adapt as a society during this pandemic. On 28 November, Sibia Akhtar worked with the Ananna young girls’ group to discuss the […]
British, Bangladeshi and Belonging in Manchester
16 December 2021 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan and is known as “Victory Day” or “Bijoy Dibosh”. Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust Head Safina Islam reflects on what it means to be a British Bangladeshi and belonging, in conversation with Selina Ullah, a Trustee of the Education Trust, […]
Archives Against Racism Part 2: The Archive Component, 23 Sep 2021
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre teamed up with Burning Work to produce The Archive Component, a day of speakers exploring the link between archives and anti-racist activism.
‘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 ammunition in anti-racist struggle.
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 South Asian Heritage Month.
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
Re-opening the Centre
The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre has been closed since March 2020 in line with coronavirus restrictions. As these restrictions have been eased, our library shelves are now open to the public and you can access our archives. From 1 September, unless the current guidelines change, our enquiry desk in Central Library will […]
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre And Education Trust Meets Marta Minujin’s Big Ben Lying Down With Political Books! by Hafsah Aneela Bashir
‘People need this! We need new ideas and new places where people meet. Global symbols like Big Ben stand up straight and never change - but the world is always changing.’
Fact And Fiction – Intersection Of The Imagination And Historical Record
Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre’s Festival Of Libraries Workshop, 9 June 2021
Resist, Assist, Inspire!
Heena Patel, talking about some of the work she has done as part of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre’s Covid-19 collecting project.