Join exhibition lead curator Victoria Avery, alongside researchers Dawnanna Kreeger and Carol Brown-Leonardi, as they share their latest findings on prominent abolitionist and writer Olaudah Equiano (c.1745 – 1797) and the two pivotal women in his life: his wife, Susannah Cullen (1762–1796), from Ely, and his daughter, Joanna Vassa (1795–1857), born in Soham, raised in Chesterton and Cambridge, and later living in London.
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Organised by Wolfson’s REACH Hub, this ongoing series explores the theme of racism via different lenses. The Hierarchies…
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Join us for this lunchtime lecture and live musical performances exploring the life of George Bridgetower (1778–1860), a…
Curator Highlights Talk
Find out more about Rise Up in this introductory talk with curator Victoria Avery, our Keeper of European…
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Direct from the West End, The London Palladium, and the iconic Royal Albert Hall, Whitney – Queen of…
Undoing 2007; Preparing for 2038
How did transatlantic slavery end? What is our memory of how we got free—if we got free? …
Meet the Artist: Jacqueline Bishop
Join New York-based Jamaican contemporary artist, academic and award-winning writer Jacqueline Bishop as she talks about her new…
Rise Up Listening Salons
Take a deep dive into the themes of our Rise Up exhibition at our series of listening salons…