Past events
RFET: Past events
- 20 November 2025
Ruth First Lecture by Prof Marc Wuyts (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
At St Aidan’s College, Durham and online
Ruth First and the Mozambican Miner: Developing a novel perspective on the practice of research and teaching
- 25 June 2025
Ruth First Scholar Seminar at St Aidan’s College, Durham
Nafisa Ayman Roza on ‘Bondage, Binaries and Belonging’ and Zahbea Zahra (Hatfield Lioness Scholar) on ‘Honour Killings and Islamic Law: A Legal Enigma’.
- 22 June 2025
Sponsored walk: a lovely 9-mile circular walk around Barnard Castle to raise funds for the Ruth First Scholarship. Walkers:
Nafisa Roza (2024-25 Scholar), Sarah Jones, Helen Charnley, Sarah Banks, Alice Nah, Susan, Liz Lindsey, Patrick Dorey and Mike Thompson. Many thanks to Diana Collecott for the splendid tea afterwards. We raised over £4000.
- 29 June 2024
Sponsored walk: a 10-mile route from Willington to Durham City to raise funds for the Ruth First Scholarship. Walkers: Scholastic Mpofu (2023-24 Scholar), Mike Thompson, Liz Lindsey, Nikki Rutter and Nicole Renehan, with back-up from Helen Charnley and Barbara and Tony Ewin.
- 19 June 2024
Ruth First Scholar Seminar at St Aidan’s College, Durham
Scholastic Mpofu on ‘Developments in sustainable water and sanitation management in Zimbabwe’ and Ruaa Osman (Hatfield Lioness Scholar) on ‘Patient-centred approach in humanitarian medicine’.
- 22 July 2023
Sponsored walk: a 10-mile loop south of Durham City to raise funds for the Ruth First Scholarship. Walkers: Sicelo Ngwenya (2022-23 Scholar), Pearson Nkhoma (2011-12 Scholar), Sarah Banks, Mike Thompson, Liz Lindsey, Nikki Rutter and Patrick Dorey, with back-up from Helen Charnley. We raised over £4000.
- 15 June 2023
Ruth First Scholar Seminar by Sicelo Ngwenya at St Aidan’s College, Durham on “Under Siege: Confronting Digital Authoritarianism in Southern Africa.”
- 24 October 2022
Soweto Gospel Choir concert in Durham Cathedral in memory of Ruth First (including a tribute by her daughter Gillian Slovo), attended by about 800 people.
- 4 September 2022
Sponsored 10-mile walk with this year’s Ruth First Scholar Shamiso Zamba round Durham City to raise funds for the Ruth First Scholarship (with Helen walking in Norway and Pearson and Peter in Malawi).
- 8 March 2022
Unveiling by Hilary Wainwright of the mural and plaque on the side of Ruth First House (on Providence Row, Durham), restored by the original artist Lotte Shankland