About the Course

London grew and came to prominence as the hub of an imperial system underscored by notions of race. This course examines that context, and the subsequent changes to the metropolis in the late 20th and early 21st centuries – because London also has a long history of ideological movements driven by the conditions of the Black Atlantic, such as Abolitionism, anti-colonialism, Pan Africanism, and anti-racist struggles within Britain. The course’s focus will be on the history of the African Diaspora in London over approximately the last 300 years, with particular attention to changes in the demographic background to this Diaspora and the ensuing debates around the various notions of Blackness. Learn more about AAS/HST300.5 here.

About the Professor

Dr Daliany Jerónimo Kersh (BA Hons, MA, PhD), previously worked as a Lecturer in International Relations at Regent’s University (2017-8), an Assistant Professor of International History and International Relations at Richmond, the American International University in London (2018-2020), Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the University of West London (2021-22), Associate Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at St. Mary’s University (2020-present), and Teaching Fellow in Development at SOAS (2021-present). In addition to teaching two modules at Syracuse London, she currently teaches two history modules at NYU in London and Political Economy at Fordham London. She is also an External Examiner at Canterbury Christchurch University in History and American Studies, and a Senior Fellow of the HEA. Her academic research focuses on women’s labour and social mobility in the Global South and her first book ‘Women’s Work in Special Period Cuba; Making Ends Meet’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) discusses Cuban women’s work and everyday earning strategies during the Post-Soviet Special Period economic crisis. She has also published on the topics of women and the Right in Brazil, pro-poor tourism in Cambodia, and the Venezuelan refugee crisis through the framework of neo-liberalism.