Our first Stuart Hall Archive Project symposium on 3 May 2024 was an intense day of reckoning and reasoning with the work of Stuart Hall. Hall’s early cultural studies practice was illuminated by Emeritus Professor Angela McRobbie and Dr Nick Beech, and brought into relation with contemporary concerns by Dr Francesca Sobande and Dr Julie Whiteman. An exhibition of Hall’s papers was curated by archivist Rebecca Adams, and the day closed with an inspirational session led by Prof Pat Noxolo, including presentations from Amarachi Iheke, and Dr Rita Gayle and Katy Parsons on constituting and living archives. Throughout, attendees were encouraged to engage with the project through the PGR Reading Group, and forthcoming seminars and research programmes.
