Rex Nettleford Lecture on Colonialism and its Legacies 2026

This years Rex Nettleford Lecture on Colonialism and its Legacies will take place on Thursday 21 May in the Harris Lecture Theatre from 5.30pm. Our speaker will be Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black the first Loevner Fellow & Tutor in History of Art at Worcester College.

The lecture, named in honour of former Honorary Fellow and Orielensis Professor Rex Nettleford, former Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, is intended to contribute to the advancement of academic research into the legacies of colonialism in all its forms.

Professor Villaseñor Black will be discussing Decolonising the Arts and Humanities: Thoughts, Questions, Provocations. This talk aims to address this challenging question from the perspective of an art historian and ethnic studies scholar.