Centre for Black Studies
We support and champion Black-led and Black-centred research at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ and in our wider community.
Aims
Black Studies has a long tradition within Black communities in the UK but it is still relatively new in British higher education institutions. As a fledgling research centre our initial aims are to:
- create an academic home for Black Studies at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½
- support research in the field (both in the UK and globally)
- support the work of our PhD researchers
Academic leads
Dr Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins. Asscociate Professor in Popular Music and Director of Black Studies.
See Hannah's profile
Study with us
Our Black Studies PhD is the only programme of its kind in Europe and is steeped in interdisciplinary methods and critical reflection to investigate the roles, lives, cultures, politics, representations, activism, art, histories and movement of people of African descent.
Explore the Black Studies PhD
My research interest transcends the trajectories of race, ecology and environmental justice in the UK and the genealogy of people of Black African ancestry and the natural environment in the UK, from the Roman times to enslavement, empire, and colonialism.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the Centre, email us at: Black-Studies@nottingham.ac.uk
Roots/Routes
Roots/Routes is a documentary series that centres the work of Black researchers and thinkers in and around ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.
Across these films, the voices from local organisers, creatives, and members of the Black Studies PhD at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ discuss the importance of Black thought, imagination, and intellectual presence across digital, urban, and pastoral contexts.
Roots/Routes is a collaboration between ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Contemporary and the Centre for Black Studies.
Dr Hannah Robbins reflects on Roots/Routes and the first year the Centre for Black Studies.