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Join the Anti-Racist Reading Collective for a creative workshop led by Poetic Unity, a Black-led London charity founded by Ryan J. Matthews-Robinson and championed by George the Poet.This interactive session will explore poetry as a tool for community building, imagination, and freedom dreaming, centred on Black experience and radical creativity.Op…

Join Professor Monica Moreno Figueroa for a lecture exploring new ways of working together to challenge racism and inequality through collaboration, care, and emotional understanding.This event also celebrates Gloria Claire Carpenter, the first Black woman to study at the University of Cambridge, whose legacy as a Jamaican law student at Girton Col…

The Black Advisory Hub is looking forward to announcing the winner of the annual George Bridgetower Essay Prize.  The prize for the winning essay will be £1000, as sponsored by the Alexander Crummell Fund.   This year, due to the remarkably strong essay submitted by student essay writers, we are offering a number of additional winning categories fo…

The Black Advisory Hub warmly welcomes current students and staff to this event which centres the experiences of Black educators at the University of Cambridge. Date: Tuesday 21 October, 10.30 - 13.00 followed by lunchVenue: Elena Hall, Jesus CollegeRegistration:  available here Invited speakers from various areas of the university will reflect on …

We are delighted to share that Shades of Survival (a powerful new feature-length documentary exploring inequities in breast cancer outcomes for Black women) will premiere at this year’s Cambridge Film Festival.The film highlights both the systemic challenges in healthcare and the resilience of those driving change. It features contributions from cl…

The Black Women’s Archive, with support from Girton College, Cambridge University is hosting its launch on Monday 20th October, 2025, at 6:30PM in the Stanley Library at Girton College, Huntingdon Rd, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0JG.The BWA’s mission is to celebrate and amplify the history-making contribution of Black women to higher education. Far from…

As part of the Black Advisory Hub's First Year Induction Programme, we warmly welcome Black students to join members of the student team on a walking tour of some key landmarks and spaces around Cambridge.  We hope that this will be an opportunity for new students to familiarise themselves with some of the nooks and crannies of Cambridge, while mak…

The Advisory Group to the University’s Special Initiative on Legacies of Enslavement invites expressions of interest from students for the two student places on the group.The Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative was set up in Easter Term 2025 to take forward the work and recommendations of the report published in 2022. Over the next three yea…

Registrations are open for a programme of events for incoming Black students to the University of Cambridge. All new Black students, whether undergraduate or postgraduate, are welcome!The first event is a pre-term online FYI meeting, on Friday 19 September from 2-5pm.  Please register here.  This event has been scheduled after offers received and b…

We know exams are over and you thought you were done with essay writing – but hear us out! The George Bridgetower Essay Prize Competition is a chance to put your thoughts on paper one more time this summer and make an original contribution to Black student experiences and knowledge-making at Cambridge. Coordinated by the Black Advisory Hub, we invi…

We are looking forward to the presentations by two postgraduate researchers and friends of the Black Advisory Hub.  Please do feel welcome to join us for  what is shaping up to be an interesting and relatively informal opportunity to hear about current research undertaken by Black members of the Cambridge community: Maya McPherson (PhD, Sociology):…

Deadline to apply: Thursday 29 MayThe Black Advisory Hub is looking for a student to co-coordinate our First Year Induction programme, for incomingBlack undergraduate and postgraduate students. We’re looking for a Black postgraduate student with project management and writing skills, a collaborative spirit, and a passion for supporting incoming stu…

Friday 21 March, 8pmThis free-to-attend, one-hour session with renowned author Tananarive Due includes readings, an engaging interview about Tananarive's published works and writing life, followed by an audience Q&A.Tananarive Due is an award-winning author who teaches at UCLA. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction, Due has won an American B…

21 February 2025 - 1 June 2025Explore the powerful history of the fight to end transatlantic slavery in Rise Up, a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. This thought-provoking display uncovers the stories of the people, communities, and movements that campaigned for abolition between 1750 and 1850, as well as the lasting legacies of the struggl…

The Black Advisory Hub invites you to the next Black Postgraduate Research Symposium on Monday, 10th March, 5–7pm at the Student Services Centre. This is a unique opportunity to hear and celebrate the exciting research of Black postgraduate students at Cambridge.Expect engaging presentations designed for a broad audience, followed by a lively Q&A a…