Series 2, Episode 1: Dr Javeria Shah and Dr Shona Hunter

For the first episode of series 2 of the Discover Central Podcast, host Scott Bellamy sits down with Dr Javeria Shah (Central’s Inclusion Specialist, Programme Leader for the Learning Centre, Lecturer on the MA Acting for Screen course and the Founding Chair of the School‘s Global Majority Staff Network) and her research collaborator from Leeds Beckett University Dr Shona Hunter to discuss their work and their programme of events, Black History Interruptions.  

Central’s Student Union Black and Minority Ethnic Officer Monica Beckles-Strachan also features. 

More information on Dr Shah's work with the Social Performance Network can be found on its website, where you can also find episodes of her podcast 'Off Script!'.

You can find out more about Dr Hunter's White Spaces Project on the Leeds Beckett University Website, where you can also learn more about the Centre for Race Education and Decoloniality.  Or visit the dedicated White Spaces Network webpage for further information about Shona's work.

Visit the Central website to find out more about Central, including the recent staff and student programme of events for Black History Month 2020 which was discussed in this episode.

**You can access a Dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode**

Discover Central is hosted by Scott Bellamy and produced and edited by Megan Hunter.  Image by Patrick Baldwin.  Theme music "Emotive Technology" is by High Street Music and has been used with permission thanks to Premium Beats.  With thanks to colleagues and students at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.  

 

Discover Central's host, Scott Bellamy

 

Dr Javeria Shah and Dr Shona Hunter at events for #BHInterruptions 2019