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Dr Onyeka Nubia

Historian, author, and expert in Black British history, challenging perceptions and broadening understanding of the past

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Gender: Male
Nationality: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Travels from: United Kingdom

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Biography Highlights

  • Acclaimed Historian: Specializes in early modern and medieval history, with a focus on Black British narratives.
  • Author and Speaker: Published works include "England’s Other Countrymen," reshaping the understanding of race in history.
  • Cultural Educator: Regularly appears on media platforms, engaging audiences with insightful perspectives on British history and diversity.

Biography

Dr Onyeka Nubia: Historian, Author and Presenter

Dr Onyeka Nubia is a pioneering and internationally recognised historian, writer and presenter who is reinventing our perceptions of British history, British mythology, Black (African) British history, intersectionality, and the Renaissance.

He has helped to shape entirely new strands of history including diversity in Ancient, Medieval, Tudor, and Georgian societies, as well as Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Onyeka is one of a small group of dynamic scholars who are examining the methodologies and critical framework of colonialism, imperialism, otherness, and national identity. Onyeka is also interested in re-historicising our understanding of World Wars I and II.

Film work

Onyeka has been a consultant and presenter for several television programmes including the Walking Victorian Britain series (Channel 5), Digging for Britain (BBC), History Cold Case: The Ipswich Man (BBC) and Skeletons of the Mary Rose and Crossrail Discovery: London’s Lost Graveyard (Channel 4).

Speaker 

An internationally renowned speaker, Onyeka has been the keynote presenter at prestigious venues including the Houses of Parliament, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland. He has also spoken at universities throughout the UK and the USA, including SOAS University London, Vanderbilt University (USA), Georgia State and Clarke Atlanta Universities (USA).

Awards

A Visiting Research Fellow at Edgehill and Huddersfield Universities and Director of Studies at Narrative Eye, Onyeka is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards.

Books

Recent books include What is History Now (London: 2021), England’s Other Countrymen: Black Tudor Society (London: 2019) and Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England: Their Presence Status and Origins (London: 2013, 2014).

Writing

Onyeka has written over forty articles on Englishness, Britishness and historical method, which have appeared popular UK historical magazines and periodicals including History Today and the BBC History Magazine.

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