20:00-22:30, Friday, 27 March 2026 The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, tickets via website AMPLIFI (We Are Here Scotland) takes to The Queen’s Hall main stage for a series of concerts featuring innovative genre-bending artists from today’s UK music scene. Brownbear, fronted by award-winning songwriter Matthew Hickman, has moved from AMPLIFI support slot to headlining with a…

15:15-16:30, Thursday, 19 March 2026 Room 9, Butts Wynd Building, St Andrews Film Screening of Deja-Vu Ndau & Artist Q&A with Fadzai Mwakutuya Deja-Vu Ndau (2025) is a short film by artist Fadzai Mwakutuya, produced for the MA in Contemporary Art and Archaeology at University of the Highlands and Islands. Shot on location on the Scoraig…

18:00-20:00, Thursday, 26 March 2026 Kelvin Hall Lecture Theatre, Glasgow The JMS Network Series welcomes Professor William Lez Henry (PhD) to discuss his work and experiences. Prof Henry was born in the London borough of Lewisham and is of Jamaican Parentage. He is the British Reggae Deejay Lezlee Lyrix and is a writer, poet and community activist,…

12:00-13:30, Wednesday 11 March 2026 Room 3.55, Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh Professor Brenda Chalfin (University of Florida) presents with the Centre of African Studies and Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh present on “Plasti-Cities: Exploring the African Anthropocene through Plastic Optics.” Chalfin will discuss new research directions in Ghana unpacking plastic ontologies via the work of plastic…

16:00-17:30, Thursday 12 March 2026 Room TL423, Jocelyn Bell-Burnell Wing in the Learning and Teaching Building, University of Strathclyde Join Dr Brian Kwoba (University of Memphis), in conversation with Prof David Murphy (University of Strathclyde) to discuss Kwoba’s new book: Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radical. The book presents a historical restoration of journalist,…

16:00-17:00, Wednesday, 18 March, 2026 School III, St Salvator’s Quad, University of St Andrews, St Andrews Join the University of St Andrew’s School of Art History for Seif El Rashidi‘s Research Lecture on ‘Cotton Palaces for Kings and Tourists: Continuities and Revivals in the Egyptian Tentmaking Tradition from the 1880-1980’ and a wine reception afterwards.…

16:00-17:30, Wednesday, 11 March, 2026 Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, free tickets via Eventbrite The Centre of African Studies is delighted to invite you to a seminar given by Professor Brenda Chalfin, Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, University of Florida. An ethnography of infrastructure, WASTE WORKS examines the founding…

10:45-13:00, Monday, 2 March, 2026 Hybrid: Online; Edinburgh City Chambers, Edinburgh, free tickets via Eventbrite The Scotland-Malawi Partnership (SMP) is delighted that Hon Mary Navicha, MP will address and engage with SMP Members in-person in Edinburgh on Monday 2 March. Malawi-led and member-led, this is an excellent opportunity for the SMP to hear updates from…

10:30-12:30, Saturday, 21 February, 2026 Whitburn Partnership Centre, Whitburn, West Lothian, free tickets via Eventbrite Join the Whitburn Partnership Centre for a fun and informal dive into West Lothian’s Scottish and Black History with a twist! Explore the fascinating world of etching portraits inspired by the etching of Peter McLagan, Scotland’s first Black MP. Learn…