Group: YOUNG ARCHIVISTS

Milan Wright

Cohort year: 2023 Milan Wright is a Black British-Jamaican philosophy graduate and cultural organiser with a passion for storytelling through design.  She currently works in project management and events at

Dr April-Louise Pennant

Cohort year: 2023 April-Louise Pennant is a scholar-activist and Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Cardiff University.  Her work bridges sociology, education, and history, with a focus on reparative justice.

Eavie Neal

Cohort year: 2024 Eavie is currently studying an undergraduate History degree at the University of Leicester. She is in her final year and hopes to be graduating in the summer.

Deanna Lyncook

Cohort year: 2023 Deanna Lyncook is a PhD History student at Queen Mary University of London.  Her research explores the experiences of Caribbean children in the British education system and

Gigi Leung

Cohort year:      2025 Gigi Leung is an art historian from Hong Kong who completed her BA in Art History and English Literature at the University of Hong Kong and her

ysabel hannam

Cohort year:      2024 ysabel hannam is a museum professional with a background in Social Anthropology.  Growing up mixed-race in East London shaped her interest in identity, storytelling, and community.  She

Haja Fanta

Cohort year: 2023 Haja Fanta is a curator, researcher, and writer working between London and Dakar.  She is Assistant Curator at RAW Material Company and founder of Studio Marrah, a

Hadeel Elshak

Cohort year: 2024 Hadeel Elshak works across environmental and women’s health sectors in community engagement, with a deep interest in oral histories and collective memory.  Her work explores the role

Cassia Clarke

Cohort year: 2023 Cassia Clarke is an independent community archivist and artist educator whose work bridges archival research with creative facilitation. Her practice centres on reconstructing and sharing knowledge through

Christian Noelle Charles

Cohort year: 2025 Christian Noelle Charles is a Glasgow-based visual artist working across screen printing, video, and performance.  Her practice celebrates Black joy, self-love, and community through immersive, multimedia storytelling.