In 2007 Les Back visited Stuart Hall at his north London home to talk about his writing and work on race. That long recorded conversation included reflection on his time in Birmingham and his role in the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies to his thought on what came to be referred to as the ‘Migrant crisis’.

The conversation was published in 2009. In it Les Back acknowledged the limitations of mere transcription of Stuart Hall’s unique voice to the page: “What is hard to represent is how much laughter that conversation contained. Sometimes it was simply a joyous way of punctuating thought, at other moments the mirth was sardonic and satirical. I hope the conviviality of Stuart’s style of listening and talking is not muted in the transposition of his words to the page.”

Through edited highlights from original recording Les Back will invite us to listen with him to Stuart’s voice and reflect on the lasting relevance of his thinking.

To reserve a place at this event please email a.bolstridge@bham.ac.uk

The Seminar Series is jointly organized by the Stuart Hall Archive Project and the Institute for Research into Superdiversity.