Stuart Hall (1932–2014), a Jamaican-born British cultural theorist, sociologist, and political activist, fundamentally transformed how scholars understood race, identity, and culture in post-war Britain. Widely regarded as a founding figure of cultural studies, Hall studied at Oxford, co-founded New Left Review, and later directed the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham. He developed the influential “encoding/decoding” communication model and explored how media, race, and ideology shape identity. Hall’s work on multiculturalism and the African diaspora reshaped debates on race and representation, making him a leading voice in academia and the broadcasting industry.

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