Location: UCL 

Event Information: At the Institute of the Americas Summer School, you will gain hands-on training to study the history and politics of the Americas. This one-week in-person course will centre on Black Power movements in the United States, the Caribbean, and elsewhere, as we seek to understand how revolution, protest, and transnational activism challenged White supremacy. Students will work with archival documents, material and visual culture, and data to analyse revolutions and international relations from a multidisciplinary perspective. Active, team-based work will drive the weeklong projects you create and design. Within London, we will visit sites connected to the city’s history of revolution and protest. We will also visit the Black Cultural Archives in Brixton to better understand the long, international history of racial justice. Our course will be supplemented by film screenings and similar events. Beyond analysing Black Power and its relevance today, students will also learn what it’s like to study and live at a university, speak to current students, and build the knowledge you need to pursue further study. This course is open to Year 12 students from the London area and will take place mainly at UCL.