Eccles Institute events

Fatherhood and colonial power in Jamaica, and Chinese labour in the British Caribbean.

How did the USA celebrate the Bicentennial?

Writing women into the history of the British Empire, and mapping the Library’s Latin American collections.

How a British comic shaped US comic book superstars and how McDonald’s and food processing technologies shaped UK food.

The environmental impact of laundry technologies, and curating Toni Morrison’s work as a Random House editor.

Using speculative and feminist storytelling to recover Indigenous women’s voices, plus US education and Native American identity.

Rediscovering composer Gilda Ruta, and revealing the story behind objects sent to the UK from 1850s Northeast Brazil.

The American Revolution: Black Loyalists and the Clarkson Papers, and American Revolution stamps.

Edward S Curtis and his photographs of Native Americans, and North American Indigenous Language Lists.

The Montserrat Jumbie Dance, and the influence of Indigenous dance on American theatre makers.

An evening celebrating the wit and world of Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Alison Lurie.

Join two former Members of Congress – one Democrat and one Republican – for a lively discussion of major themes in contemporary American politics.