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Join us for a discussion with Lisa Williams, writer, academic and founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association. Chaired by Eilidh Akilade, the discussion will explore the radical potential of writing into legacies and archives – both historical and imagined. Alongside a reading from Lisa, the event will also feature a recorded reading from poet Alycia Pirmohamed.
 

This event is free and open to all. No booking is required.
 

This event is a collaboration between the School of Fine Art Friday Event and the Race, Rights and Sovereignty series.
 

Lisa Williams is an Honorary Fellow in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh and is a guest lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate courses at universities across Scotland, including the Edinburgh College of Art. She is the founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and curates education programmes, arts events and walking tours to promote awareness of Black Scottish history and links between Scotland and the Caribbean. Lisa works as a consultant to heritage organisations and is also an author and poet. Her latest publication is a children’s book, the Big Book of UK History, published by Penguin Random House.
 

Alycia Pirmohamed is the author of the poetry collection Another Way to Split Water, and a part of the nature writing project, Field Notes Collective. Her nonfiction debut A Beautiful and Vital Place won the 2023 Nan Shepherd Prize and is forthcoming with Canongate in 2026. Alycia currently teaches on the Creative Writing master’s at the University of Cambridge.
 

The Friday Event is a series of lectures and discussions hosted by the School of Fine Art at Glasgow School of Art – it has a long illustrious past, and a bright future, open to one and all.
 

This event is part of the Race, Rights & Sovereignty 'What Will Be the Cure?' strand.

 

‘What Will Be the Cure?’ is a programme strand geared towards artists and practitioners who wish to collectivise, experiment, and conspire towards transformative change.

Race, Rights and Sovereignty is a programme supported by GSA Students Association in partnership with GSA Exhibitions.

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‘Race, Rights and Sovereignty programme’ is now in its sixth year. It was established as a partnership between The Art School: GSA's Students' Association (GSASA) and GSA Exhibitions. The programme has been developed in order to create opportunities, and forums, to engage with and unpack ideas and issues related to race, rights & sovereignty; particularly in the contexts of creative practice. The series aims to celebrate, challenge, inform and inspire the next generation of artists, designers and architects, empowering them to have a creative voice. ​