Lizzie Bowes

Lizzie joined the BMRU in 2024 as a Research Associate, and is working with director Dr Mykaell Riley to support the launch of the Beyond the Bassline Exhibition and future projects with national and international partners. Outside of her work with the University of Westminster, she is a first year AHRC-funded PhD student at the University of Bristol, working across the Departments of Music, English, and affiliated with the University’s Centre for Black Humanities. Her project considers a sub-genre of UK rap known as conscious rap, thinking about longer-form rap albums with politically conscious overtones as works of Black-British autofiction. She is interested in the ways in which UK rap artists craft narratives about themselves, their cultures and communities, and the creative licence they allow themselves when telling their stories. 

To learn more about Lizzie’s research and publications, see here.