Christine Checinska and Ruby Hoette’s recent talk at Goldsmiths is now available online. It is part of Goldsmiths Objects (In)Sight project…

Dr Karen Nickell talked about her doctoral research ‘Embroidery in the Expanded Field: Textile Narratives in Irish Art Post-1968’ – with…

Corrina Eastwood and fellow artist Delaine Le Bas kindly agreed to talk about their art practices in relation to British…

The artist Delaine Le Bas is an English Romani Gypsy. Delaine has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, she was…

William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow Exhibition review by Dr Christine Checinska I am very interested in identity, in history and understanding…

  The Clothes, Cloth and Culture Group meeting at Stuart Hall Library in February featured a collaboration between two young artists,…

  If you missed the event, here is a chance to listen to the fascinating talk by the artist Delaine…

Dr.Christine Checinska, Stuart Hall Library animateur, fashion designer, curator and academic will deliver a lecture at the Dulwich Art Gallery on Wednesday…

For National Libraries Day we’ve asked two of our current volunteers to tell us about their experiences at The Stuart…

Following on from the great success of our November Clothes, Cloth and Culture Group focusing on the new publication Cultural…

Audio recordings of the presentations at the January 2015 Stuart Hall Library Research Network Meeting are available below. The speakers were…

The November 2014 Clothes Cloth & Culture Group meeting was a panel discussion to mark the publication of  ‘Cultural Threads:…

NEW PUBLICATION: The A-Z of Emotions  AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER IN STORE NOW Iniva and A Space warmly invite you to celebrate the…

The two emerging artists presented their experiences as artists who explore race, the black body, identity, gender and representation in…

The second Stuart Hall Library Animateur, Christine Checinska, will be speaking at the Victoria & Albert Museum this Friday evening,…

The Stuart Hall Library Research Network is a forum for researchers, artists, academics, curators, students and activists to introduce an…

  Many thanks to our presenters for their stimulating talks, and to the audience for a lively discussion. Dr.Caroline Bressey…

Dear Library users and friends, The library team are looking for volunteers to help. This is an opportunity for: those…

If you missed the event ‘Saga Bwoys and Bedouin Women’on 25 September; audio recordings of the speakers are available at the…

Presentations by Dr. Caroline Bressey and Dr. Gemma Romain on the Tate display ‘Spaces of Black Modernism’ and artist Helen…

  Members of our Clothes Cloth and Culture Group will be excited to see that Goldsmiths have made available audio…

  The Clothes, Cloth & Culture Group autumn programme got off to an inspiring start last night with presentations from…

      Join us on Thursday 25th September 2014 at 6:30pm – 8.30pm to hear presentations by Dr Michael…

A text by guest blogger Dr. Christine Checinska. Christine was the Stuart Hall Library’s second Animateur (2014) and organised the…

The African-Caribbean presence in Britain A full house and a fascinating evening at the last CCC Group meeting before the…

A reminder that the library will be closed next week, from the 1st to the 5th of September, for our…

Join us for an evening of presentations followed by informal discussion and the opportunity to socialise over refreshments. Artist and…

Iniva, Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA The Clothes, Cloth & Culture Group is a monthly forum for creative practitioners and thinkers…

1 – 5 September 2014 One for your diary- the library will be closed to users for a week to…

The last Clothes, Cloth & Culture Group meeting focussed on the theme of ‘Cloth and Social Action’. Françoise Dupré spoke…

Many thanks to our presenters Françoise Dupré, Victoria Kuhr,  Ruth Marie Tunkaraand  Knees Up members and to convenor Dr.Chistine Checinska…

12  June – 13 July 2014 Curated by C&C Gallery, London Reviewed by Dr. Christine Checinska   Artist Barbara Walker…

Gitanjali presented her research at the Stuart Hall Library Research Network meeting on 15 May 2014. She has kindly written…

Some members of the audience were kind enough to send us their enthusiastic comments:Many thanks to convenor Dr Christine Checinska,…

Thursday 29th May is the first meeting of new Clothes Cloth and Culture Group at the Stuart Hall Library. The…

The Library’s last research network meeting on 15th May proved to be a stimulating evening. Presentations were made by South…

Save the Date! Join us at our next meeting on Thursday 15 May 2014 18:30 – 20:00. The presentations by…

The Stuart Hall Library Research Network is a forum for researchers, artists and curators to introduce an aspect of their…

My Granddad’s Car  is an art project, but most importantly a personal endeavour. Our story has moved through Nigeria, Pakistan and…

Join us at our next meeting Thursday 20th February 18:30. The presentations will be followed by a question and answer…

Thursday January 30th : our first Research Network meeting of 2014. Performance poet, life model, writer and photographer Ursula Troche…

1 February 2014 – 31 December 2014 Voluntary position, with expenses paid Following the success of Iniva’s first Animateur Roshini…

On just being in the library I have been a volunteer at the Stuart Hall Library since first volunteering during…

Join us for our last Research Network meeting of the year. Sayed Sattar Hasan and Karl Ohiri will present My…

 Join us for November’s Research Network meeting of talks and discussion. Sarah Stefana Smith will present “A Poetics of Bafflement…

Reading an opaque language What does it mean when one speaks in an opaque language? The construction of ‘experience’ in…

Join us for our next Research Network meeting for a great evening of thought-provoking discussion. To kick-start our Autumn 2013 meetings we…

Next Thursday, 3rd October, the Stuart Hall Library will be opening late until 20:00. We have a display of books…

  Following the success of The Trouble With Research symposium in June, the Stuart Hall Library is organising a series…

My time spent volunteering at the Stuart Hall Library has been a fantastic experience. I have met so many helpful…

The Library will be closed for a week in August (12-16) to undertake essential Library housekeeping work, and the Library…

The Trouble With Research symposium held for the first time June 27th 2013, acted as a dimension to the SHL…

  Sonia Boyce: Scat Next Thursday, July 4th, we will be open until 20:00 to celebrate Iniva’s current exhibition, Scat: Sound…

For booking tickets please go to: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/6727709761%20target= email: bookings@iniva.org Concession rates are available – please use the promotion code (type: Iniva_concession) at the bottom…

Iniva is developing a library membership scheme for the Stuart Hall Library. A membership scheme will provide our library users…

  12:00 – 6:00pm (with registration from 11:45) The Stuart Hall Library Research Network was established in January 2013 as…

I was thrilled to be invited to speak about my doctoral research on the cultural politics of public and alternative…

The first symposium of the Stuart Hall Library Research Network The Trouble with Research proposes an active (and positive) approach…

      This month’s reading group at the Stuart Hall Library will take place on Thursday 9th May from 6:30…

Join us for our fourth Research Network meeting. Alice Corble will present ‘Storying’ the Postcolonial Library Alice is a PhD second-year…