The Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) is inspired by the life’s work of Professor Stuart Hall in the interlocking worlds of activism, academia and the arts, through which he articulated, and worked towards, a socially progressive and expansive idea of society at ease with difference.

SHF was formally launched in 2015 by Professor Stuart Hall’s family, friends and colleagues to continue his life’s work and build on his unique and distinct legacy by attending to the urgent political, social, and cultural questions of our time; widening the terms of the debate so that something else can come through.

Since 2015, the Foundation’s work has been directed toward achieving a more racially and socially just society through public education. We are committed to equipping a wider public with the intellectual tools to intervene in national and international debates on race and class by facilitating a combination of artistic and intellectual interventions.

Our mission is to popularise critical thought by supporting the creative and intellectual development of a new generation of artists, academics and activists who are dedicated to challenging issues of inequality through their work. We work toward our mission through three strands of activity:

In collaboration with our institutional partners, we offer scholarships, fellowships, artist residencies and commissions, and a variety of opportunities to underrepresented practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines.

We create free-to-access digital learning resources that encourage interdisciplinary approaches to make sense of contemporary political and cultural issues. We produce recorded lectures and conversations, podcasts, written essays and artistic commissions.

We convene digital and physical spaces for the public, and our peer network of scholars, fellows and artists to exchange and generate ideas together. We are dedicated to creating spaces for free and open interdisciplinary dialogues.