Staff at the History Department, in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, stand shoulder to shoulder with the Black Lives Matter movement in the US, UK and across the world. The killing of George Floyd has seized global attention by highlighting the deep-rooted problem of state violence and systematic racism. As historians we are…

My name is Sibia Akhtar and I am a MA History student at the University of Manchester. I want to interview British Muslims, for my thesis, via zoom or skype about the historical and contemporary experiences of being a British Muslim. My interviews will present what ordinary Muslims identify as pressing issues that affect them…