This symposium is a joint student-staff initiative welcoming participation from all Departmentsacross the School of Performing and Digital Arts and the School of Humanities. Debates aboutdecolonisation cover a wide range of areas from history and heritage to art and education, andthey form a part of postcolonial cultures and identity politics. In view of these debates, as wellas goals of justice, healing and freedom as highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement,this symposium aims to consider how the pursuit of equality and diversity across the globefeatures in scholarly debates within our Schools.