Stuart Hall Foundation

26/05/2026

Register now for this year's Reading the Crisis series:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/event-news/register-for-reading-the-crisis-2026-online-conversation-series/

Reading the Crisis asks: what kinds of tools and strategies are needed to confront this conjuncture? The online conversation series returns for a third year in an expanded format featuring six in-depth engagements with: economics with Laleh Khalili; technology with Wendy Liu; democracy with Richard Seymour; migration with Leah Cowan; culture with Sheena Patel; climate with Tao Leigh Goffe.

Hosted by senior lecturer and former BBC Radio senior producer Aasiya Lodhi and critic, media theorist and editor of Representology K Biswas, each conversation forms an online teach-in space dedicated to demonstrating how engaging in a conjunctural analysis can enrich artistic practice and deepen organising work and academic study.

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Part of our In Search of Common Ground programme, supported in 2026 by the the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Power of Pop Fund.

20/05/2026

Our friends host award-winning writers Canisia Lubrin and Nick Makoha in conversation in Camberwell, London this evening:

A special evening of readings with award-winning writer Canisia Lubrin in conversation with Nick Makoha

14/05/2026

In-person tickets for the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation are sold out. If you are no longer able to join us in person, please contact the Conway Hall box office team to arrange for your ticket to be returned and resold to registrants on the waiting list.

Online tickets for the livestream broadcast of Fred Moten’s keynote, discussion and Q&A are still on sale:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/events/9th-annual-stuart-hall-public-conversation-with-fred-moten/

Ahead of the event, we’re pleased to share additional contributors to the programme.

The new chair of the Stuart Hall Foundation, Professor Angela McRobbie, will sit in conversation with Fred Moten following his keynote speech.

Following the event, we invite attendees to remain at the venue and re-enter the hall to join us for an informal reception with complimentary plant-based food by Goodness Gracious Feast soundtracked by a DJ set from artist and broadcaster anu.

Skin Deep's pop-up library of liberatory texts will be set up in the hall throughout the day, offering attendees the opportunity to relax and flip through their back prints, works from collaborators and inspirations for their latest editions.

In the foyer, Newham Bookshop will host a book stall with titles related to the event and this year’s In Search of Common Ground programme.

Live online captions and BSL interpretation will be available. For any additional access information, please contact us on [email protected]



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Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Power of Pop Fund, in collaboration with Conway Hall.

Graphic design by Reuxn.

17/04/2026

In-person tickets sold out // Book now for online access // 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation with Fred Moten

The first event of our 2026 programme welcomes cultural theorist, poet and teacher of performance studies, Fred Moten, to Conway Hall as keynote speaker of the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation on Saturday 23rd May.

Fred Moten’s speech, titled ‘The Physics of Political Economy’, will trace the lines between theory and action stemming from Professor Stuart Hall’s engagement with Marxism. It will be followed by a discussion with an interlocutor and an audience Q&A. Guests are warmly invited to gather together in the hall afterwards for an informal reception where complimentary hot food will be available for all ticket holders. Refreshments will be available for purchase at the bar.

In-person tickets are completely sold out with waiting list registration available. If you have a ticket but are no longer able to attend, please contact the Conway Hall box office to open your place to those on the waiting list. Please note, doors will open at 2.30pm and the event includes an interval.

Join us online via the livestream broadcast to virtually attend the keynote, discussion and Q&A - book now:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/events/9th-annual-stuart-hall-public-conversation-with-fred-moten/

Live online captions and BSL interpretation will be available. For any additional access information, please contact us on [email protected]



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Supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Power of Pop Fund, in collaboration with Conway Hall.

Graphic design by Reuxn.

Photo by Robert Adam Mayer.

08/04/2026

The 2nd Stuart Hall Essay Prize is awarded to Harriet Hillier for the essay “Choosing a Nation: Identity, Belonging, and Representation in International Sport”.

The judging panel, composed of Catherine Hall, Jo Littler and Kennetta Hammond Perry, remarked: “This essay applies Hall’s conjunctural method to read culture at the intersection of political, economic and ideological forces... The essay is beautifully written and engages throughout with different aspects of Hall’s thinking – put to work in relation to the specificity of now. The moment – it is argued – is one of both crisis and opportunity: it raises the question as to what kind of nation we want to be, and insists that the nation’s story can be retold. We appreciated its extrapolation of the hybrid histories of the sport, its grasp of the neoliberal dynamics shaping its present, and its deft threading through of personal experience to tell the story on multiple levels.”

Responding to the decision and reflecting on her experience writing the essay, Harriet Hillier stated: “I entered the prize mainly for the experience and for the opportunity to explore an idea I was genuinely interested in. It felt like a rare chance to think more deeply about something personal, so I didn’t expect anything from it. I’m therefore genuinely surprised and very grateful that the essay has been awarded first place. Writing the essay allowed me to engage with Stuart Hall’s ideas in a way that felt both intellectual and personal. His understanding of identity as something shaped, performed, and continually negotiated really resonated with my own experience of representing a nation in sport. What struck me most is how relevant his work remains today, particularly in conversations around belonging, equality, and who gets to represent a nation.”

Learn more about the 2nd Stuart Hall Essay Prize and read the winning essay in full on our website now:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/awards/the-2nd-stuart-hall-essay-prize-awarded-to-harriet-hillier/

18/03/2026

We are pleased to announce our 2026 programme, expanding on the theme In Search of Common Ground and continuing to consider the role of difference in building solidarities within contemporary Britain and beyond.

Launched in 2025, In Search of Common Ground marked our 10th anniversary. The programme returned to Professor Stuart Hall’s concept of cultural identity to examine how we might broaden the intellectual and creative scope of social justice movements today. In 2026, the programme works through this question across several arenas at the forefront of global politics.

Opening with the 9th Annual Stuart Hall Public Conversation at Conway Hall on Saturday 23rd May 2026, the programme welcomes cultural theorist and poet Fred Moten as the keynote speaker of our flagship event. Tickets are on sale now:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/events/9th-annual-stuart-hall-public-conversation-with-fred-moten/

Our Reading the Crisis online conversation series returns for its third year. Taking place from June to November in a newly expanded format, the series features six in-depth engagements with economics, technology, democracy, migration, culture and climate, hosted by Aasiya Lodhi and K Biswas.

The Living Archives podcast will also return later this year, featuring intergenerational conversations with six diasporic artists in the UK, produced in partnership with ICF International Curators Forum.

Learn more:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/announcing-our-2026-programme-continuing-in-search-of-common-ground/

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In Search of Common Ground is supported by Comic Relief, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Hollick Family Foundation and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation with programme partners the Advocacy Academy, Brixton Community Cinema, CoDE - Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity, Conway Hall, Hood Futures Studio and ICF International Curators Forum.

Graphic design by Reuxn.

18/02/2026

Martha Awojobi, the new Vice Chair of the Stuart Hall Foundation, shares her thoughts on what it means to be stepping into the role:

“It is such an honour to step into the role of Vice Chair at the Stuart Hall Foundation, supporting the team to deliver on an incredible strategy at a time when political education is needed more than ever. The Stuart Hall Foundation’s work brings together those who are building knowledge from the margins across so many different sectors, giving anyone who is interested in building a socially just society an entry way into a community where rich and creative forms of knowledge are being produced. The work goes beyond knowledge production just for the sake of it but is deeply invested in how this knowledge becomes embedded into practice. I am really looking forward to expanding our partnerships with activists and organisers to bring theory and practice together through communities of solidarity. And as a huge governance nerd, I will be continuing to work with the board to build governance structures that reflect our organisational values and meet our current political moment.”

17/02/2026

Our outgoing Vice Chair, Paula Kahn, shares some reflections on her time as a Trustee of the Stuart Hall Foundation over the past decade:

“I have been proud to be a SHF Trustee for the last 10 years, working closely with Gilane, Catherine and the family and our wonderful Trustees and staff. We have been through rocky and exhilarating times but were always clear about our vocation, to build an organisation which would take Stuart’s thoughts and values into a quickly evolving world. However different that world looks sometimes the underlying insights and ideas of Stuart remain deeply relevant.

“I am glad to have made a small contribution to ensuring the survival and indeed the flourishing of the SHF and hope to be around for another 10 years to see the Foundation’s growing success in building an ever-expanding cohort of artists and activists who champion and develop Stuart’s work.”

16/02/2026

It’s our pleasure to announce Professor Julian Henriques and Professor Sarita Malik as panellists in the post-screening discussion on Wednesday, hosted by K Biswas.

Tickets for the event are sold out. Any returned tickets will be placed immediately back on sale by the BFI box office – visit the event page on the BFI website to see if any tickets have become available:
https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=reflecting-on-stuart-halls-impact-discussion

📆 Wed 18 February, 6.10pm
📍 Screen NFT1, BFI Southbank

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Reflecting on Stuart Hall’s Impact is part of Constructed, Told, Spoken: A Counter-History of Britain on TV, a seasonal programme at the BFI exploring Afro-Caribbean and South Asian Britons’ use of television to advocate for political and social representation in postwar Britain.

Produced by the BFI in association with the Stuart Hall Foundation.

13/02/2026

Applications for our trustees vacancies close at 11.59pm on Sunday 15th February.

The Stuart Hall Foundation seeks to appoint two new Trustees with experience of organisational leadership ideally within the UK charity sector, with oversight of operations, finance, HR, and strategic development.

We are keen to appoint talented individuals who are as passionate as we are about public education, popularising critical thought, and addressing urgent questions of race and class in culture and society. Crucially, we are looking for people who are willing to share their business, financial and operational skills and expertise with our Board and senior staff.

This is a voluntary, unpaid role to be conducted remotely, with occasional travel to London. Learn more about the opportunity and how to apply via our website:
https://www.stuarthallfoundation.org/opportunities/call-for-trustees-operations-governance-and-human-resources/