Black ephemera: depictions of people of African descent

University of Reading, Centre for Ephemera Studies:
Black ephemera: depictions of people of African descent

 

Wednesday 4 July 2012

 

Nike Theatre, Agriculture Building, University of Reading

10.30 Registration and welcome

Session one - Michael Twyman convenor

 

Introduction to the day, Michael Twyman, Director, Centre for Ephemera Studies

• Patrick Vernon Black Ephemera: consuming stereotypes and identities
• Temi Odumosu The St Giles's "Backbirds": some popular African presences from Georgian and Regency print culture
• Tom Wareham Using and abusing ­ Considering the use of Ephemera in the London, Sugar & Slavery Gallery at the Museum of London Docklands
• Jonathan King Anthropology and ephemera: representing Africa and the Caribbean at the British Museum

Session two - Alison Donnell convenor

• Amoret Tanner Mary Seacole ­ the story behind the iconic carte-de-visite
• Leon Robinson Black Victorian entertainers
• Jeffrey Green Edwardian postcards
• Mary Guyatt Representations of black people in children¹s ephemera 1870-1950

Session three - Patrick Vernon convenor 

• Sandra Shakespeare Caribbean through a lens: Depictions of black people using Photography
• Deborah Sutherland We shall not be silenced: Ephemera as a record of the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
• Stefan Dickers Fighting for Justice: Campaign ephemera in the Bernie Grant Archive
• Zoe Whitley Conspicuous absences: branding and un-branding the black body in Magazine 

Final questions/discussion/thanks and farewell Drinks in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication and the opportunity to see the display of printed ephemera

 

For more information and to register please contact: Diane Bilbey d.j.bilbey@reading.ac.uk

 

3-year fully funded AHRC studentship: 'Photographic cultures in Mbouda, Cameroon'

Following the award of an AHRC collaborative studentship to Professor David Zeitlyn (ISCA) and Dr Chris Morton (Pitt Rivers Museum) for 'Photographic cultures in Mbouda, Cameroon' in conjunction with the British Library, a 3-year fully funded AHRC studentship will be available to the best-qualified candidate. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out research for a doctorate in anthropology on visual cultures in Mbouda, west Cameroon, supervised by Professor David Zeitlyn, Dr Chris Morton (Oxford) and Dr Marion Wallace (British Library), with support from Lynda Barraclough (BL/Endangered Archives Programme). The student will undertake fieldwork in West Cameroon.


Candidates should be able to demonstrate an interest in the study of photography and a commitment to ethnographic fieldwork in Cameroon. They should have a good Master's degree and/or first degree in anthropology, museum studies or African studies. Some proficiency in French would be advantageous.

A summary of the project is available from http://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/ISCA/FUTURE_STUDENTS/Further_Particulars_AHRC.pdf.

Applicants must follow the usual application rules for admission as a Probationer Research Student (see
http://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/prospective-students/admissions/application-process/).

Applicants are bound by AHRC eligibility criteria: only EU citizens can be given awards and for a full award UK residency is required. Please see the Humanities Division and AHRC pages for detailed guidance on this.
http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/prospective_students/graduates/funding/ahrc/notes_of_guidance

http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Documents/GuidetoStudentFunding.pdf

The deadline for applications is 1 July 2012 and candidates should be ready to be called for interview for the studentship on 25th July 2012 at the British Library in London. It is expected that the successful candidate will take up the position in October 2012.

Further enquiries about the position may be directed to david.zeitlyn@anthro.ox.ac.uk