This is a past event
The Centre for the Novel and WORD Centre of Creative Writing are co-hosting a two-day series of events at the University of Aberdeen exploring the expression and articulation of black experience from different historical, cultural and creative perspectives.
Friday, 29 October 2021 | Sir Duncan Rice Library, Meeting Room 1 and online
3-4pm, Maisha Wester, 'Black Voices Speaking Back'4.30-5.30pm, Leila Aboulele, 'Decolonising the Tragic Victorian Hero: A Fictional Recounting, from a Sudanese Perspective, or Gordon of Khartoum'
Saturday, 30 October 2021 | online
2-3pm, Sophie White, 'Voices of the Enslaved: Silence and Eloquence'3.30-4pm, Panel Discussion with all speakers
Co-Hosted by WORD Centre for Creative Writing and the Centre for the Novel, supported by Creative Scotland and the School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture