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We are pleased to announce our 2026 programme, expanding on the theme In Search of Common Ground and continuing to consider the role of difference in building solidarities within contemporary Britain and beyond.

Launched in 2025, In Search of Common Ground marked our 10th anniversary. The programme returned to Professor Stuart Hall’s concept of cultural identity to examine how we might broaden the intellectual and creative scope of social justice movements today. In 2026, the programme works through this question across several arenas at the forefront of global politics.

Opening with the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation at @conwayhall on Saturday 23rd May 2026, the programme welcomes cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten as the keynote speaker of our flagship event. Tickets are on sale now.

Our Reading the Crisis online conversation series returns for its third year. Taking place from June to November in a newly expanded format, the series features six in-depth engagements with economics, technology, democracy, migration, culture and climate, hosted by Aasiya Lodhi and K Biswas (@bizk500).

The Living Archives podcast will also return later this year, featuring intergenerational conversations with six diasporic artists in the UK, produced in partnership with @icf__

Read more via the link in our bio and join us on Saturday 23rd May for the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Fred Moten.

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In Search of Common Ground is supported by @comicrelief, @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation and @paulhamlynfoundation, with programme partners the @advocacyacademy, @brixtoncommunitycinema, @codemcr, @conwayhall, @hoodfutures.studio and @icf__

Graphic design by @reuxnasreason. Stuart Hall Foundation presents: In Search of Common Ground 2026.
Supported by Comic Relief, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, with programme partners the Advocacy Academy, Brixton Community Cinema, Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, Conway Hall, Hood Futures and the International Curators Forum. by @stuarthallfoundation

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Register now for this year's Reading the Crisis online conversation series.

Reading the Crisis asks: what kinds of tools and strategies are needed to confront this conjuncture? The online conversation series returns for a third year in an expanded format featuring six in-depth engagements with: economics with Laleh Khalili (@khalili.laleh); technology with Wendy Liu (@dellsystem); democracy with Richard Seymour (@richardseymourwtf); migration with Leah Cowan (@leahacowan); culture with Sheena Patel (@imightbesheenapatel); climate with Tao Leigh Goffe (@taoleighgoffe).

Hosted by senior lecturer and former BBC Radio senior producer Aasiya Lodhi and critic, media theorist and editor of Representology K Biswas (@bizk500), each conversation forms an online teach-in space dedicated to demonstrating how engaging in a conjunctural analysis can enrich artistic practice and deepen organising work and academic study.

Sign up now – link in bio.

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Graphic design by @reuxnasreason.

In Search of Common Ground is supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation and the Power of Pop Fund. Stuart Hall Foundation presents Reading the Crisis online conversation series: Thursday 18th June 2026 Economy: Laleh Khalili hosted by Aasiya Lodhi 5.30pm – 7pm BST Tuesday 14th July 2026 Technology: Wendy Liu hosted by K Biswas 5.30pm – 7pm BST Wednesday 12th August 2026 Democracy: Richard Seymour hosted by K Biswas 5.30pm – 7pm BST Wednesday 16th September 2026 Migration: Leah Cowan hosted by K Biswas 5.30pm – 7pm BST Wednesday 14th October 2026 Culture: Sheena Patel hosted by K Biswas 5.30pm – 7pm BST Tuesday 17th November 2026 Climate: Tao Leigh Goffe hosted by Aasiya Lodhi 5.30pm – 7pm GMT Part of our In Search of Common Ground programme, supported by the the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Power of Pop Fund. by @stuarthallfoundation

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Podcast / We are pleased to announce Season Two of the Living Archives podcast. Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, Living Archives is a podcast foregrounding intimate, intergenerational conversations between UK-based diasporic artists.

Season Two features:

Episode 1: Niki Kohandel and Alia Syed (released 28 September 2026)

Episode 2: Ebun Sodipo and Ain Bailey (released 5 October 2026)

Episode 3: Rebecca Bellantoni and Gail Lewis (released 12 October 2026)

The pairings in each episode begin with an invitation from one artist to another. Together, they exchange insights into art-making, memory and the ideas and influences shaping their practices. Rooted in Stuart Hall’s vision of a ‘living archive’, the series is a record of creative dialogues that explore how histories, identities and artistic practice are considered in the present.

Hosted by Yewande YoYo Odunubi, these three new episodes will be available to listen to on Podbean as well as popular digital streaming services including Spotify and Apple Podcasts, with a transcription available to read for each episode.

We are also pleased to share that Season One of Living Archives has been republished via Podbean, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other widely-used digital platforms. Look up Living Archives on your favoured podcast app today to revisit inspiring conversations with:

Ingrid Pollard and Rudy Loewe, Beverley Bennett and Marlene Smith, Roshini Kempadoo and Jacob V Joyce, Ajamu and Bernice Mulenga, Joy Gregory and Anthea Hamilton, Alberta Whittle and Sekai Machache.

Listen back to Living Archives Season One now – link in bio.

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The second season of Living Archives is co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation, the Power of Pop Fund and @aceagrams.

Part of the SHF’s In Search of Common Ground programme. by @stuarthallfoundation

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Podcast / Rebecca Bellantoni (@rebecca.bellantoni) and Gail Lewis join us for the final episode of Living Archives Season Two, exchanging ideas on home and belonging, the legacy of black cultural and social movements in pre-2000s Britain, and the ways everyday life shapes their work.

Listen now at Living Archives on Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or visit the SHF and ICF websites via the link in our bio. Transcript also available.

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What happens when two artists sit down together to talk? How might their conversations and artistic practices map a living archive of diasporic relations in Britain?

Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, Living Archives is a podcast foregrounding intimate, intergenerational conversations between UK-based diasporic artists.

The pairings in each episode begin with an invitation from one artist to another. Together, they exchange insights into art-making, memory and the ideas and influences shaping their practices. Rooted in Stuart Hall’s vision of a ‘living archive’, the series is a record of creative dialogues that explore how histories, identities and artistic practice are considered in the present.

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Hosted by Yewande YoYo Odunubi
Edited by Chris Browne
Original designs by Yolande Mutale
Season Two designs by Joanna Risvik
Music by LOX

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Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation, the Power of Pop Fund and @aceagrams. by @stuarthallfoundation

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AGMP Concerts presents NU CIVILISATION ORCHESTRA: THE STUART HALL PROJECT at Union Chapel, London on Monday 9th November 2026.

Tickets available now at: agmp.co.uk

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of jazz legend Miles Davis, Tomorrow’s Warriors presents a remarkable evening bringing together live music, film and cultural history.

Led by Peter Edwards, a five-piece Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble, featuring acclaimed trumpeter Mark Kavuma, will perform the music of Miles Davis live alongside a screening of John Akomfrah’s celebrated documentary The Stuart Hall Project.

Released in 2013, the film explores the life and ideas of Stuart Hall, the pioneering cultural theorist and one of the most influential voices in British Cultural Studies. Through archive footage and Hall’s own reflections, it examines identity, race, belonging and the changing cultural landscape of Britain.

The music of Miles Davis provides a powerful soundtrack to Hall’s story, reflecting the changing times and ideas that shaped his life.

Performed live by the Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble, the music becomes an integral part of the film, creating a unique dialogue between jazz, cinema and cultural history.

A special evening celebrating two extraordinary figures whose influence continues to resonate today.

For more info and tickets: agmp.co.uk taken in Union Chapel by @stuarthallfoundation

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In May, our network of creative and intellectual practitioners gathered at Conway Hall for the SHF Peer Network Spring Workshop with cultural theorist, poet and teacher of performance studies, Fred Moten.

Joined by members of the @codemcr ECR Network, together they spent the day discussing each others’ practices, exchanging ideas and building connections.

SHF Associate Ruth Ramsden-Karelse facilitated the workshop, leading open discussions, breakout sessions and readings around Policing the Crisis (Hall et al), The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual (Spillers) and other material prepared by Fred Moten.

Learn more about the workshop and view additional photos on our website.

Thank you to the SHF Trustees and Associates whose contributions made this event possible: Ruth Ramsden-Karelse, Angela McRobbie, Giorgia Doná, Nick Beech and Roshini Kempadoo.

Supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation,, the Power of Pop Fund, @conwayhall and @codemcr.

📷: Tayyab Amin

#SHF2026 #InSearchofCommonGround #FredMoten #StuartHall #StuartHallFoundation by @stuarthallfoundation

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Reading the Crisis: Culture with Sheena Patel (@imightbesheenapatel)

📆 Wednesday 14th October
🕠 5.30pm - 7pm BST (UK time)
📍 Online

The fifth conversation of this year’s Reading the Crisis series invites writer and film/TV assistant director Sheena Patel, author of I’m a Fan (2023), to discuss culture at the current conjuncture.

Hosted by critic, media theorist and editor of Representology, K Biswas (@bizk500), this event forms an online teach-in space dedicated to demonstrating how engaging in a conjunctural analysis can enrich artistic practice and deepen organising work and academic study.

Registration is free – sign up now via our website.

Live closed captions will be provided.

Reading the Crisis is produced as part of the Stuart Hall Foundation’s In Search of Common Ground programme, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation and the Power of Pop Fund.

Graphic design by @reuxnasreason.

#SHF2026 #InSearchofCommonGround #StuartHall by @stuarthallfoundation

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Podcast / Ebun Sodipo (@epastry) and Ain Bailey (@ain.bailey) get together in the second episode of Living Archives Season Two to consider the creative potential of archives and imagination within the current social and political landscape, collage and fragmentation in building meaning and art-making, and how sound and performance shape an audience’s experience.

Listen now at Living Archives on Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or visit the SHF and ICF websites via the link in our bio. Transcript also available.

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What happens when two artists sit down together to talk? How might their conversations and artistic practices map a living archive of diasporic relations in Britain?

Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, Living Archives is a podcast foregrounding intimate, intergenerational conversations between UK-based diasporic artists.

The pairings in each episode begin with an invitation from one artist to another. Together, they exchange insights into art-making, memory and the ideas and influences shaping their practices. Rooted in Stuart Hall’s vision of a ‘living archive’, the series is a record of creative dialogues that explore how histories, identities and artistic practice are considered in the present.

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Hosted by Yewande YoYo Odunubi
Edited by Chris Browne
Original designs by Yolande Mutale
Season Two designs by Joanna Risvik
Music by LOX

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Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation, the Power of Pop Fund and @aceagrams. by @stuarthallfoundation

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Reading the Crisis: Democracy with Richard Seymour (@richardseymourwtf)

📆 Wednesday 30th September
🕠 5.30pm - 7pm BST (UK time)
📍 Online

The next conversation in this year's Reading the Crisis series features London-based writer, founding editor of Salvage and author of Disaster Nationalism: The Downfall of Liberal Civilization (2024), Richard Seymour, in a discussion focused around democracy.

Hosted by critic, media theorist and editor of Representology, K Biswas (@bizk500), this event forms an online teach-in space dedicated to demonstrating how engaging in a conjunctural analysis can enrich artistic practice and deepen organising work and academic study.

Registration is free – sign up now via the link in our bio.

Live closed captions will be provided.

Reading the Crisis is produced as part of the Stuart Hall Foundation’s In Search of Common Ground programme, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation and the Power of Pop Fund.

Graphic design by @reuxnasreason.

#SHF2026 #InSearchofCommonGround #StuartHall by @stuarthallfoundation

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Podcast / Niki Kohandel (@niki.kohandel) and Alia Syed (@aliasyed2025) inaugurate Season Two of Living Archives with a conversation reflecting on the stories we inherit from our families and communities, the importance of bringing different histories into relation, and how cropping, translation and ambiguity can inform narration in film.

Listen now to Living Archives on Podbean, Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or visit the SHF and ICF websites via the link in our bio. Transcript also available.

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What happens when two artists sit down together to talk? How might their conversations and artistic practices map a living archive of diasporic relations in Britain?

Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, Living Archives is a podcast foregrounding intimate, intergenerational conversations between UK-based diasporic artists.

The pairings in each episode begin with an invitation from one artist to another. Together, they exchange insights into art-making, memory and the ideas and influences shaping their practices. Rooted in Stuart Hall’s vision of a ‘living archive’, the series is a record of creative dialogues that explore how histories, identities and artistic practice are considered in the present.

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Hosted by Yewande YoYo Odunubi
Edited by Chris Browne
Original designs by Yolande Mutale
Season Two designs by Joanna Risvik
Music by LOX

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Co-produced by the Stuart Hall Foundation and International Curators Forum, supported by @esmeefairbairn, the Hollick Family Foundation, @paulhamlynfoundation, the Power of Pop Fund and @aceagrams. by @stuarthallfoundation

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After a summer featuring a #BBCprom and a tour with Arthur Verocai, we are very excited and proud to be taking this @nucivilisation Orchestra project on the road as part of #blackhistorymonth .

Experience a powerful fusion of film, music, and cultural history, for this special presentation of John Akomfrah’s The Stuart Hall Project with Miles Davis’ soundtrack performed live.

Link in bio for trailer and tickets.

100 years since the birth of Miles Davis, Peter Edwards and a five‑piece Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble honour the jazz legend. John Akomfrah’s acclaimed 2013 documentary paints a portrait of Stuart Hall. The pioneering thinker and co‑founder of New Left Review is one of the most influential voices in British Cultural Studies. Layered with archival footage and Hall’s own reflections, the film explores identity, race, and belonging in a changing world.

#identity #ukjazz #cinema by @stuarthallfoundation

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FREE community dinner and workshop!

Thursday 22nd October, 6pm - 9pm, The Liberation Centre.

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How does the far right build power, and how can young people organise against it?

The British Jamaican activist and thinker Stuart Hall explored how moments of crisis are often used to build support for right-wing ideas. Writing about the rise of Thatcherism and the National Front in 1979, he argued: “The ‘swing to the Right’ is not a reflection of the crisis: it is itself a response to the crisis.” For Hall, fascism emerges through the coming together of different political and social forces.

Using Hall’s ideas, this workshop will explore the rise of the far right in Britain today. We’ll look at how fear and racism are used to divide people, the role played by institutions like the state, the police and the media in mainstreaming these ideas, and the tactics used by far-right groups. Together, we’ll consider how young people can recognise, challenge and organise against these forces.

The session will combine discussion, accessible reading and writing with practical, interactive activities.

This session is brought to you by the forces of TAA and @stuarthallfoundation. Name a more iconic duo??? by @stuarthallfoundation

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