Paul Gilroy completed his PhD at the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies in 1986. He worked on race and culture, co-authored The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in 1970s Britain (1982) during his time there, and subsequently published There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack (1987) based on his thesis. He is currently Professor of American and English Literature at King's College London.

Interview conducted by Kieran Connell for the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies Project.

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Interview with Paul Gilroy

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