Rex Nettleford Lecture on Colonialism and its Legacies 2024

Paul Gilroy, Professor of Humanities at UCL and founding director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the study of racism and racialisation, will deliver the annual Rex Nettleford Lecture on Thursday 16 May 2024. On the subject of “The Evolving Political Significance of Studying Africa’s diaspora”.

The lecture, named in honour of former Honorary Fellow and Orielensis Professor Rex Nettleford, former Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, is intended to contribute to the advancement of academic research into the legacies of colonialism in all its forms.

New tech collabs for electoral accountability - the Meedan story

Dima is the head of programs at Meedan, a tech non-profit that aims to make information more reliable and accessible through open-source AI software that can fact-check in real time. Dima's team focuses on three major verticals: elections, crises & emergencies, and safe and inclusive media ecosystems. This year, they were won the 2024 Skoll Innovation Award for their work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47UwzDuGsG8
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