What's on for Black History Month 2026

Location: Welcome Tent - CBG Plaza

Join us for an engaging and inclusive Black History Game Night to commerate the start of Black History Month, open to all students, where you can celebrate Black history and culture through fun quizzes, exciting prizes, meaningful conversations, and opportunities to connect with the wider LSE community.

No ticket needed! 

Location: LSE Library

Join EmbRace and uncover powerful stories of Black history and activism from the Library’s collections.

Discover how past struggles have shaped today’s conversations on equality and inclusion, hear about Embrace's work to create a more inclusive LSE, and get exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Library’s archives to see how these histories are being preserved for future generations.

✨Whether you're interested in history, social change, archives, or creating a more inclusive university, this event is for you.

Meet in the Library Gallery, on the left as you enter the building, after which we will head to the Library Archives LG R01.

️Free tickets – reserve your place now.
Open to all LSE staff and students.

Location: LSE, Clement's Inn, London, WC2A 2AE

Join the LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa for a Black History Month walking tour through central London, beginning at LSE and exploring the people, places and stories that connect the city to African history.

From LSE, we will make our way towards Trafalgar Square, St James’s and Westminster, stopping at significant sites including the Fourth Plinth, the plaque commemorating Ignatius Sancho and the Nelson Mandela statue in Parliament Square. Along the way, we will explore stories of Black presence, achievement, resistance and political change, and consider London’s historic connections with Africa and the wider Black diaspora. 

The walk will take approximately 1 hour 15 minutes, with opportunities for discussion and questions throughout.

Register for a free ticket here

Location: LSE Campus (venue tbc to in-person ticketholders) and online

Join us for this special event with award winning journalist, author, and podcaster Reni Eddo-Lodge – author of the bestselling Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – to celebrate Black History Month.

In-person: 

Register to attend in-person here.

Online: 

Alternatively, you can request an online ticket via the online ticket request form, which will be open from mid-September onwards. 

Book online tickets here

Location: Hall-Carpenter Room (SAW, third floor)

Join the Book Beavers for their October book club.

This October, as part of our Black History Month programme, you are cordially invited to discuss Dream Count, the latest novel from acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Four women. Four interconnected lives. Countless dreams, disappointments, reinventions, and moments of self-discovery. Set across Nigeria and the United States, Dream Count follows a cast of richly drawn women as they navigate love, friendship, ambition, family expectations, and the stories we tell ourselves about the lives we might have lived. Sharp, thought-provoking, and deeply human, the novel explores what it means to be seen, understood, and fulfilled in a rapidly changing world.

The book touches on themes including:

• Identity and self-discovery
• Dreams, choices, and missed possibilities
• Friendship and connection
• Migration, belonging, and home
• Love and resilience
• All Book Beavers are welcome!

Bring your lunch and join us for a lively discussion. Whether you've read every page or are simply curious about the book, we'd love to see you there.

Registration is not required to take part on the day (walk-ins are accepted).

However, you can join the Book Beavers Teams Channel for the latest information and to receive a calendar invite.

Location: St Paul's Cathedral

Join LIFE in London for a Black History Month walking tour through the heart of the City of London, starting at 2!

Join us for a walk beginning at St Paul's and taking in the Bank area, uncovering the hidden Black history woven into London's most iconic streets.

Tickets are free and registration for the event is required. Please note, this event is open to LSE students only. You may not book tickets on behalf of other students.

Register here

Location: LSE Campus (venue tbc to in-person ticketholders)

Join LSE Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa for an interactive Black History Lab, featuring short, engaging presentations exploring African people, histories and events through the themes of democracy, sustainability and inequalities.

Hear from LSE academics and speakers, including Kate Nicole Hoffman, Leigh Gardner, Rosalind Coffey and Deborah James, each bringing their own perspective and expertise to the conversation.

The event will prioritise audience participation, creating space to ask questions, share reflections and explore these histories together.

Register for a free ticket here

Location: Somerset House

Join LIFE in London at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair at the stunning Somerset House!

1-54 is the world's leading art fair dedicated to contemporary African art and art from the African diaspora, bringing together galleries, artists and collectors from across the globe. Spread across the beautiful rooms and terraces of Somerset House, this is an extraordinary opportunity to discover exciting new artists, breathtaking works and the incredible diversity and richness of African contemporary art.

Tickets are free and registration for the event is required. Please note, this event is open to LSE students only. You may not book tickets on behalf of other students.

Book your free ticket here

Location: LSE Campus (venue tbc to in-person ticketholders) and online

A landmark portrait of modern Britain, The Good, the Black and the Boujee is a critical reckoning with the pursuit of ‘black excellence’. From broadcasters and lawyers to content creators, actors and politicians, black professionals appear to have become leaders of Britain’s most visible, profitable and culture-defining industries. Yet educated black professionals say racism is entrenched and rising to the top has never been harder.

Symeon Brown unravels the web of class and gender that shapes black Britain today, reconciling cultural and political conversations surrounding black British identity with the present reality. Whether dissecting the preference of educated black women to be single, the rise of black Conservative power brokers, or how the assimilation of black elites masks the barriers facing the black working class, Brown renders visible the psychological and material cost of class aspiration. This event will explore how race, capital and identity entwine – and what is lost, gained and discovered through social mobility.

Request a ticket

In-person: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form, which will be open after 12.00 pm on Monday 21 September. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated.

Online: Registration will open in early September

Location: Autograph's Gallery, Rivington Place, 1 Rivington Pl, London

Join LIFE in London for a very special Black History Month trip to the Autograph Gallery in Shoreditch!

We'll be visiting two powerful and thought-provoking exhibitions: 'Our Bodies Have Been Bridges', which explores the resilience and agency of Black women through photography and visual art, and 'Charan Singh: Your Tongue in My Mouth', a deeply personal exploration of identity, queerness and belonging through the artist's own family archive.

Tickets are free and registration for the event is required. Please note, this event is open to LSE students only. You may not book tickets on behalf of other students.

Book your free ticket here

Location:  Online

Professional Presence: Making LinkedIn Work for You – Masterclass Building credibility, connections and career opportunities

This practical masterclass will help you strengthen your professional presence and use LinkedIn more intentionally to support your career growth.

What you’ll learn:

• What a personal brand is and how to build yours
• How to communicate your skills, strengths and professional value
• How to build relationships with recruiters, employers and your wider network
• How to use LinkedIn to expand your connections, knowledge and career opportunities

Your facilitator: Maryane is a counsellor, coach, consultant, public speaker and LSE alumna. She spent 11 years at LSE in senior careers, alumni and employer engagement roles and was Co-Chair of LSE EMBRACE. She is also a Co-Founder of Eden Relationships and Founder of My Whole Self Collective.

Use this link to join the session on the day

Location:  Great Hall Ground floor, Marshall Building.

A flagship Black History Month panel event followed by networking drinks curated by the Black Alumni Network.

An evening celebrating the leadership, resilience and achievements of Black female alumni through inspirational stories, advice and conversation.

Panel Speakers include:

• Lamide Elizabeth
• Funmi Lawal MBE
• Mikai McDermott
• Regina Quartey

Register for a ticket here