This event is dedicated to Professor Stuart Hall, the leading cultural theorist and founder of the New Left Review, who was an undergraduate at Merton in the early 1950s. Named the 'godfather of multiculturalism' and coining the term 'Thatcherism', Hall has made a lasting impact on left-wing theory and did much to open the debate on the politics of identity, race and gender.
During the afternoon, we will hear from a panel of respected academics on the legacy of Stuart Hall's work for their field before showing The Stuart Hall Project, John Akomfrah's 2013 documentary on Stuart Hall's life and legacy. We will end the afternoon with a live stream of footage from a memorial event in London, featuring Skip Gates, Sally Alexander, Angela Davis and Catherine Hall. Tea and light refreshments—accompanied by live jazz!—will be served.
