Stuart Hall Archive Project Symposium, 2024

This free event will be a hybrid event: Online and In Person

Session 1 and Session 3 can be accessed online – check ‘online’ at Registration

One day event to share progress on the project and to invite interlocuters, partners, protagonists to share their work and engage in dialogue.

Held at the University of Birmingham, Muirhead Tower, Room 112

Outline of day:

9:30 arrival

9:45 welcome

10:00-12:30 Session 1: ‘A Cure for Marriage: A case study in method’

12:30 Extended lunch with visits to archive exhibition

14:00 Session 2: Screening of ‘Tyger, Tyger’ (1967)

15:15-15:30 Tea

15:30-17:30 Session 3: ‘Conjunctures: Futures and Inheritances’

All Day: The Stuart Hall Archives On Display

Session 1: ‘A Cure for Marriage: A case study in method’ (1968—1970)

Readings of ‘A Cure for Marriage’ with reflections on the unpublished 1968–1970 manuscript A Cure for Marriage

Speakers: Dr Nick Beech, Em Prof Angela McRobbie, Dr Francesca Sobande, Dr Julie Whiteman

This session is dedicated to discussion of the unpublished manuscript of ‘A Cure for Marriage: A Case Study in Method’ written by Stuart Hall with Richard Hoggart, Tim Moore, Janet Mendelsohn, Richard Rogers and Trevor Millum, and contributions from many of the students at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in 1968/1969.

Angela McRobbie is Professor Emeritus, Goldsmith’s University of London and Fellow of the British Academy.
 Francesca Sobande, is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
Julie Whiteman is a Lecturer in Marketing at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham 

Dr Nick Beech is Associate Professor (Social Policy) at the School of Social Policy and Society, University of Birmingham.

Session 2: ‘Tyger, Tyger’ (1967)
A screening of the BBC Omnibus film with Stuart Hall and Richard Hoggart and an
introduction to next year’s Readings Seminar, co-hosted with the Centre for Contemporary
Literature and Culture

Session 3: ‘Conjunctures: Futures and Inheritances’

Led by Prof Pat Noxolo and Dr Rita Gayle, this session will feature a paper by Amarachi Iheke and a discussion exploring the The Stuart Hall PGR Reading Group led by Dr Rita Gayle and Katherine Parsons. 

ALL DAY - Stuart Hall Archives on Display:

A selection of Stuart Hall Archive Collection material will be on display at the Cadbury Research Library. This display will include texts written by Hall during his time at the CCCS, as well as examples of and activism. Several materials will also be selected from the University of Birmingham’s wider CCCS archive.