Thursday Talk: The Black Heathcliff
Thursday Talks occur twice on the day: once at the Museum and once online. You can book tickets for both here.
For the in-person talk, please reserve your place below, but kindly note, you'll need to show your Museum ticket (or proof of local residency) on the door.
For the online talk, a recording will be sent out afterwards for online-talk ticket holders who missed the live event.
| Event | Time | Price | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person | 2pm | Free with entry to the Museum and for residents in BD20, BD21 and BD22 | Brontë Space at the Old School Room |
| Online | 7:30pm | £6 | On Zoom: a link will be sent before the event |
This talk will be given by Professor Corinne Fowler, an author, public historian and co-curator of The Colonial Brontës exhibition at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in 2026.
Corinne discusses Heathcliff's racial identity in Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. The talk will detail the colonial reading material which shaped Emily Brontë’s conception of Heathcliff's background and character before discussing references to Heathcliff's racial identity in the novel itself as well as in film versions of Wuthering Heights. The talk ends by focusing on the real-life historical presence of African people in the local area which spanned both Emily's lifetime and the period covered by the novel.
If the event is cancelled, we’ll contact you. We reserve the right to make changes to our programme. All information is correct at the time of booking. We kindly ask that you do not bring dogs or other pets to our in-person events unless stated otherwise (if you'd like to bring your service dog to an event, please let us know).
