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Under Shahnaz Akhter’s expert organisation, the Department is running a Widening Participation project this year called the Colonial Hangover, in which students will be encouraged to challenge what they think they already know about the continuing legacies of the British Empire. Other project members are former PAIS undergraduate student Nikita Shah, who is now enrolled on the MA in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, current PAIS undergraduate student Honey Fafowora, and Matthew Watson.

Various events are being run on campus and in participating schools this year, culminating in a full Pathways to Politics Colonial Hangover Day on July 13^th. The Pathways to Politics Day will have a distinct arts theme to it, as it will include a commissioned dance by the Sapnay School of Dance and an exhibition of commissioned artwork by Inkquisitive Illustration, alongside a showcase of the work that the participating students will have undertaken on the project, Honey’s own accompanying art exhibition and Nikita’s spoken word workshop. The project partners also include the British Film Institute, the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and the University of the Arts in London.

The video is a recording of the lecture that was delivered by Matthew Watson at Warwick on March 22^nd to introduce the project. Along with other learning materials, it will shortly be showcased by IGGY, Warwick’s online platform for outreach to teenage students around the world. IGGY has very kindly provided the Colonial Hangover project with its own pages on its website.