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Black Female Professors Forum

Welcome to the web-site of the Black Female Professors Forum (BFPF)

This project began with a simple question: ‘Where are the Black female professors in the UK’? In this question, Black is understood as ‘a political term with its origins in the anti-racist and civil rights movements. Whilst originally referring to people of African and Caribbean descent, the word has come to encompass both Asian and Arab people, seeing commonalities in their shared oppression. We use it to a) empower these communities, less as ‘ethnic minorities’ but as global majorities and b) foster a sense of solidarity in the common struggles Black people face. When a person says that they are politically black, they identify themselves with these empowering sentiments rather than just a race. Throughout this website the term Black is used in a political sense and will encompass those of African, Caribbean, Asian and Arab descent.’

Professors

Shazia Choudhry

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Subject Areas

Film and TV

Media, Communications and Informatics

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Universities

Bristol University

University of Sunderland

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Recent News

Equality, diversity and inclusion at universities: the power of a systemic approach

Looking racism in the eye – 3 lenses

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Events

Education in the time of Corona

The Exchange – Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (SLRC)

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Opportunities

Appointment of Non-Executive Members of Court and a General Council Assessor at The University of St Andrews

Black Women’s Health & Wellbeing Research Network

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Quarantine Diary

Happy International Workers Day!

PHE Report on BME Deaths from COVID-19

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