Bradford’s Somali Village at the 1904 Great Exhibition: (Not Just) a Local Story, Bradford Local Studies Library, 11.30‒12.30, 17 June 2026.
East African Muslim sojourners in colonial Britain: Archaeology, anthropology and the (counter) archive of Bradford’s 1904 Somali Village (ACR), Panel Session 1, 12‒1.30pm, 18 May 2026, at Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations and the Institute for Ismaili Studies, London, 18‒19 May 2026.
Beyond the Spectacle: Labour, Landscape, and the Somali Village, Culture House, London W12, 3‒5pm, 17 May 2026.
Real Life Performances in Bradford’s Somali Village of 1904 – evidence from the archives, Forum 2000, Horsforth, Leeds, 13 May 2026.
“Human Exhibits” in Britain: Bradford Revisits the 1904 Somali Village, Somali Media of Minnesota [Somali digital newsroom], 10 May 2026.
‘It’s about recognising our role in history’: Bradford exhibition to revisit live Somali display, Guardian, 9 May 2026. This article explores the wider themes of the exhibition on the Somali Village at Cartwright Hall.
Exhibition Launch, Cartwright Hall, 2‒4pm, 9May 2026.
A Somali Village in Lister Park: Weaving Together Industry, Culture and Empire, exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, 9 May‒1 November 2026.
“Exhibition revisits Bradford’s 1904 Somali Village”, BBC News, 8 May 2026.
The Somali Village at the 1904 Bradford Exhibition: Empire, Enterprise and Representation, Bradford Made: Heritage Brought to Life, Stories from Bradford’s Communities, 27 April 2026, launch of school pack, Ages 11‒18 (Key Stages 3‒5) on the Somali Village, with a commissioned poem by Ibrahim Hirsi. (PDF format)
TV Feature on the Somali Village of 1904, Digging for Britain, BBC iPlayer, Series 13, Episode 1: Scottish Massacre and 70s Skate Park, from 24.00, 7 January 2026. [Link available until the end of December 2026.]
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Racial hierarchy in Edwardian Yorkshire: Bradford’s Somali Village of 1904, Leeds City of Languages Festival, 20 November 2025.
A Somali Village in Colonial Bradford: Photography Exhibit & Panel Discussion, Somali Heritage and Art Festival, Cardiff, 18 October 2025.
Guest curatorship at Cartwright Hall to mount an exhibition on the Somali Village, October 2025‒March 2026.
University of Leeds, Undergraduate Research Placement Module (2025–26) on the Somali Village, 5 students, working on archival and public history aspects of the Somali Village project.
Friends of Bradford Museums and Art Galleries, Talk on Somali Village, 4 September 2025, The Beacon, Lister Park, part of Bradford’s UK City of Culture programming.
Presentation and roundtable on the Somali Village, The Tent of Hope, 29 August 2025, The Beacon, Lister Park, part of Bradford’s UK City of Culture programming.
“‘Lost treasures’ of 1904 exhibition found in park”, BBC News, 5 August 2025. This article discusses Bradford University’s archaeological dig at the Somali Village site in July 2025.
“Time sauced: HP bottle adds flavour to 1904 Exhibition dig”, University of Bradford, 4 August 2025.
Talks on Somali Village to archaeological team and volunteers, Lister Park, 12 July 2025.
“Bradford’s First Muslim Burial”, Bradford Literature Festival, 2 July 2025.
“The Bradford Exhibition of 1904”, Bradford Literature Festival, 2 July 2025.
Archaeological Dig in Lister Park at site of the Somali Village, University of Bradford, 8‒21 July 2025.
“Reclaiming the story of Bradford’s 1904 Somali village”, BBC News, 8 June 2025. The article discusses the Cartwright Hall launch event of the newly established Somali Village charity, and its first project.
Somali Village Charity Launch in Bradford’s Cartwright Hall, 27 April 2025.
Launch of Somali Village website, 2 February 2025.
“Rediscovering Bradford’s Somali Village”, Hidden Bradford – BBC Sounds Podcast, 10 January 2025.
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Anti-Colonial Resistance in a ‘Human Zoo’: Subverting the Archive of Bradford’s 1904 Somali Village, Centre for the Study of Islam, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, 25 November 2024.
University of Leeds, Undergraduate Research Placement Module (2024–25) on the Somali Village, 5 students, working on archival and public history aspects of the Somali Village project.
“A Somali Village in Colonial Bradford”, Bradford Literature Festival, 4 July 2024.
Interview on Somali Village, Bradford Community Broadcasting (BCB) Radio Chat, June 2024.
Creative and cultural outputs seminar on Somali Village, Heaton Mount, Bradford, 16 April 2024.
Research seminar on Somali Village, Heaton Mount, Bradford, 13 February 2024.
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