Registration now open for Reading the Crisis online series

Registration for our Reading the Crisis online conversation series is now open.

The Reading the Crisis series asks: what kinds of tools and strategies are needed to confront this conjuncture? This online conversation series seeks to advance Stuart Hall’s thinking by analysing a curated selection of three texts in relation to present-day political formations. In alignment with our 2025 programme theme, In Search of Common Ground, we have chosen three Stuart Hall texts where Hall is in dialogue with Edward Said, CLR James and bell hooks.

Each conversation, chaired by Aasiya Lodhi, will form an online teach-in space dedicated to demonstrating how engaging in a conjunctural analysis can enrich artistic practice, deepen organising work, and academic study.

Wednesday 4th June 2025

Brenna Bhandar & Hashem Abushama
‘For Edward Said’ (2004)
5.30pm – 7pm BST
‘For Edward Said’ is temporarily available to read for free here.

Monday 28th July 2025

Houria Bouteldja & Lola Olufemi
‘CLR James Speaks with Stuart Hall’ (1986)
5.30pm – 7pm BST

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Gary Younge & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
‘Uncut Funk: A Contemplative Dialogue by bell hooks and Stuart Hall’ (2017)
5.30pm – 7pm BST

Texts will be made available to read a few weeks before their corresponding events – check back here soon.

Events will take place online. Live closed captions will be provided.

Register for free via the event pages on our website here.

Supported by Comic Relief, the Hollick Family Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, in collaboration with Words of Colour, Pluto Press, Soundings, and Taylor & Francis.