To mark this year's Black History Month, the Graduate School is throwing a celebration to shine a light on the rich tapestry of Black culture, history and achievement.

After a drinks reception, guests are welcomed to hear from a number of esteemed speakers as they lead a roundtable discussion about their experiences celebrating Black history, both personally and in academia.

The roundtable will be chaired by Dr Gift Sotonye-Frank, an early career academic who joined the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast in January 2023 as a Lecturer in Education and who currently serves as an external advisory board member to the Northern Ireland Migrant and Minority Ethnic Think Tank. She is also a founding member of the African Scholars Research Network hosted at Queen's.

Joining her will be Dr. Eric Morier-Genoud, a reader in African History at Queen's who previously spent six years as a research and teaching fellow at the Universities of Oxford, Lausanne and Basel (Switzerland), as well as Dr Femi Omotoyinbo, a Doctor of Philosophy, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, and Adanna Equzie, a fourth-year medical student at QUB who recently completed an MSc in Global Health Science and Epidemiology at the University of Oxford.

Following the round-table discussion, food and drinks will be served.

🥂Check-in and Drink reception (5:00 PM - 5:30 PM)

🔵 Roundtable Discussion (5:30 PM - 6:30 PM)

🍽️ Pizza (6:30 PM - 7:00 PM)

*Pizzas and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided

Black History Month Roundtable & Celebration