Posts in "Equality and Diversity"

Coming Out Day was created in 1988 for the purpose of raising awareness, liberation and visibility of the LGBTQI+ community. At a time when the fear of the AIDS pandemic was spreading, a homophobic gaze cast across the queer community. Coming out could be seen as an act of rebellion…

Originated in the United States, Black History Month has been celebrated since 1915. Initiated by historian Carter G. Woodson, the event is dedicated to honour the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans and other people of African origin in every area of endeavour throughout history. This commemoration finally gained…

We are the University of Aberdeen’s Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Forum, and we represent all the students within this demographic. We were created in 2017 to try to ensure the safety and representation of BAME students on campus, and promote solidarity within our diverse communities. 

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Robert Traynham gained a PhD in history from the University of Aberdeen in 2019.

He is currently the Head of Public Affairs for Facebook in their Washington, DC offices where he oversees the external engagement relationships on behalf of the company to reporters, non-profit leaders, universities and other thought…

Dr Samantha May is a lecturer in the department of Politics and International Relations.  She completed her AHRC funded doctorate at the University of Aberdeen in 2011 on Islamist ideologies and practices. Dr May has also been awarded multiple awards in the annual Principal's Excellence Awards, including Best Undergraduate…

Matthew Lee is an AHRC-funded PhD student supervised by staff at the University of Aberdeen and the National Library of Scotland. His PhD research focusses on Scottish writers who visited the Caribbean and wrote about their experiences of slavery. As part of the project, he spent three months at the National…

Dr Eloise Grey graduated with a PhD in Scottish History from Aberdeen during lockdown 2020. In this blog post she considers the history of the emotional responses of white British people to slavery and their  colonial past and proposes that we, as white Scots and Brits, learn to live…