Commemorate the life and work of cultural theorist Stuart Hall FBA, ‘Godfather of multiculturalism’, with a special screening of the 2013 documentary by award-winning filmmaker and writer Sir John Akomfrah Hon FBA.
Surrounding the screening will be interviews and discussions with Academy Fellows as they explore Hall’s inimitable legacy.
Join us at the bar from 6pm, with the event beginning at 6.30pm.
Speakers:
Angela McRobbie FBA is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths University of London. Her research expertise is on the creative economy and the fashion industry with reference to the small-scale independent sector. As a sociologist and cultural studies scholar Angela’s research has spanned more than four decades, and she has published extensively on gender, sexuality, youth culture, girls’ magazines, popular culture, post-feminism and neoliberal culture.
Ian Christie FBA is a media historian and curator, currently Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck, University of London. He has written and edited books on Powell and Pressburger, Russian cinema, Martin Scorsese and Terry Gilliam, including his most recent works: Spaces: Exploring Spatial Experiences of Representation and Reception in Screen Media (2024), and Eccentrism Turns 100: FEKS and the Early Soviet Avant-garde (2024).
Among many exhibitions he has curated and contributed to are Modernism: Designing a New World (V&A London, 2006) and Revolution: Russian Art 1917-32 (Royal Academy, 2017).
Chair: TBC
This event will have live subtitles provided by StageTEXT, delivered by MyClearText.
Free, booking required.
Event schedule:
- Registration: 18:00-18:30
- Event starts: 18:30
- Event ends: 21:00
This event will take place both in-person at the British Academy’s home at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, St James, London, SW1Y 5AH and will be live-streamed via Vimeo. A link will be sent to online attendees.
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Image: A still from the Stuart Hall Project film showing a young man wearing a suit and tie looking directly at the camera. Smoking Dogs Films 2013.
