Must-listen (we have quite a Nur Jahan fan club Manchester Museum) .. Nur Jahan - the only Mughal woman to have coins issued in her name. Her story and these beautiful coins greet you as you enter the South Asia Gallery Nusrat

Professor Ruha Benjamin (Ruha Benjamin) using her honorary degree address at Spelman to denounce Atlanta’s Cop City, the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, and the repression of student activists 💜

Liverpool’s celebrated local museums pay so poorly that its workers go home to cold homes and empty cupboards. It’s no wonder they have gone on strike to demand the better wages they deserve.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/praisi…

Our submission window is officially closed, but we got so little visual submissions, we’ve decided to keep visual submissions open until May 12, 2024.

Find submission guidelines here: jaylit.com/submissions/

Last year Matthew O'Donnell who is now our Curator of Herpetology introduced us to the cute baby giant green anoles bred here in the museum, and their brand new enclosure.

1 million visitors later, let’s see how they’re getting on… 🦎

The gender pay gap in the cultural sector has widened and is greater than the overall UK gender pay gap.

We can talk about diversity all we like but talking needs to lead to action...

artsprofessional.co.uk/news/gender-pa…

Happy Vaisakhi to all the families celebrating tomorrow.

Today, a sad day, Shardaben Chandarana's (RIP) funeral. She was a leader in the 13 wk Imperial Typrewriters strike in Leicester, against the racist practices of employers and unions. U will find her words in Amrit Wilson's book 'Finding A Voice'.

Wishing everyone a blessed Eid Mubarak

Illustration by Natasha Ahmed Young People in Museums

Eid Mubarak.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸

A comprehensive report about this issue is in the Guardian. They are one of the few publications to cover the siege on Gaza from this angle. The full story is here: (10/13) theguardian.com/environment/20…

Thank you Amnesty International team for important launch event to scrap #Prevent . Honoured to be invited to speak on education & culture alongside experts Ilyas Nagdee Zamzam Ibrahim, Simon Pook RobertLizarLaw & hear from super engaged activist audience. Please join the campaign!

📢 SPECIAL SEMINAR:

Why does everything have to be about race?
Keith Boykin debunks the lies, myths, & misinformation around race with history, knowledge, & truth.

📆5pm, 23 April 2024, Manchester, intro by Gary Younge

🎫Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/why-does-eve…

Boys & Love sessions 🫶🏾

For *Boys/Men of colour aged 16-25 in GMcr

11th April/9th May/13th June at Contact

exploring self-love, solidarity, masculinity, feminism, love of community & beyond!

sign up:
form.typeform.com/to/hPyCWLXY

*inc. cis boys, trans boys & non-binary ppl

Nearly 5 years ago we set up Young People in Museums at Manchester Museum
& 4 years ago during the Pandemic we took ourselves online! Time flies!

#MyXAnniversary

On this day in 1979, Awaz (UK Asian women’s collective) + OWAAD (Organisation of Women of African+Asian descent) organised a powerful picket at Heathrow, protesting the horrific virginity tests, which some migrant women were subject to by immigration services on arrival to the UK

How it started…how it’s going.

Shame on you HOME for choosing to silence rather than celebrate Palestinian voices.

A great book on colonialism and its legacies in Algeria's built environment by Professor Samia Henni. Join us in welcoming Prof Henni to McGill, April 3rd.

New book forthcoming from NeSA's ⁦Dr Lubaaba 🍉⁩:

The Bookseller - Rights - John Murray acquires Dr Lubaaba Al-Azami's 'fresh history' of India and England's relationship thebookseller.com/rights/john-mu…