On 22 January, Future Histories launched a new exhibition at Goldsmiths University Library and Special Collections supported by the twitter campaign #OnThisDay: Memories from the Archive, to highlight key Black theatre productions and attract new users.
A series of workshops on black theatre archives were delivered by Dr Terracciano to undergraduate students as part of Goldsmiths University Special Collections & Archives programme.
In 2007 Future Histories had contributed to the 'Collections Working Group', part of the London Mayor's Heritage Diversity Task Force, lobbying the Research Council to invest in knowledge transfer between Higher Education and the cultural heritage sector. In line with the Embedding Shared Heritage report, in 2012 Dr Terracciano and Goldsmiths University's archivist planned a series of activities to facilitate access to Future Histories collections and promote their use by students and researchers.
With Deirdre Osborne's support, on 27 July 2011 Future Histories moved its archives from Middlesex University to Goldsmiths University, where a deposit agreement was signed on 3 February 2012.
In April 2010 Middlesex University's archivist informed Future Histories Board of Directors of the closure of the Cat Hill campus where the archives were housed. Transfer to the university's new location could only be secured by donating the collections. To avoid this, Future Histories started a year-long search for a new home.
The Trading Faces online exhibition was officially launched in January 2009. The website soon became a key resource for the study of Black British theatre in the UK and abroad.
Trading Faces Re-collecting Slavery project was officially launched in November 2008. The catalogues of the Talawa Theatre archive, as well as archives held at the V&A, including Black Mime, Temba, Alfred Fagon, Unity Theatre, Round House, and ACE Ethnic Minority Arts Unit, were made accessible for the first time.
On 25 June, Future Histories and Talawa Theatre Company were awarded a substantial grant by the HLF for Trading Faces Re-collecting Slavery. The project activities included cataloguing Black theatre collections at the V&A, training a Black archivist, a Theatre-in-Education production, and an online exhibition on the legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in British performing arts and society.
As a result of its engagement with black artists in cataloguing activities, in 2007 Future Histories was invited to take part in a series of Discussion Forums at Tate Britain focused on re-interpreting the social and political landscape of the artworks presented in the museum.
In March 2006 CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) confirmed in-kind support to help Future Histories develop a strategy to ensure its sustainability in the face of the acute challenges faced by the organisation as it strived to deliver its mission without any core funding or paid members of staff.
On 22 March 2006 Future Histories launched a new collaboration with the V&A Theatre Museum to facilitate future archival acquisitions and enable access to unique resources on African, Asian and intercultural performance held at the museum and inaccessible to the public.
