Miranda Kaufmann: Historian, Journalist, Raconteuse.
Three ways of saying the same thing- I like telling stories. I also like digging for the truth. Or as near to it as anyone is likely to get.
As a historian, I've found evidence of over 350 Africans in Renaissance Britain, done research for English Heritage and contributed entries to the Oxford Companion to Black British History.
As a freelance journalist, with experience at the BBC and The Sunday Times, I regularly contribute book reviews to the TLS, and have written about everything from strange books in the Bodleian Library to the joys of women's rugby.
Have a look round my site to read my published articles to date and let me know what you think!
As a historian, I've found evidence of over 350 Africans in Renaissance Britain, done research for English Heritage and contributed entries to the Oxford Companion to Black British History.
As a freelance journalist, with experience at the BBC and The Sunday Times, I regularly contribute book reviews to the TLS, and have written about everything from strange books in the Bodleian Library to the joys of women's rugby.
Have a look round my site to read my published articles to date and let me know what you think!
History talks:
I've spoken about the history of Africans in Renaissance Britain at the British Library, the National Archives, the Department for Education, the Universities of Edinburgh and Oxford and various schools and local libraries.
Upcoming events: Thursday, 16 May, 7.30 pm , Between worlds: London and Africa 1500-1833, with Kate Donington, Camden History Society, Local Studies Centre, 2nd floor Holborn Library, 32-28 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA . Monday 5th August, 10 am, Africans in Britain, 1500-1640, Flintshire U3A, Gwernafield Church Hall, Church Lane, Gwernaffield, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 5DT. For more details of my recent and upcoming talks, click here. Listen to a podcast of my talk at The National Archives:
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Latest News:
I had an Opinion piece published in The Times! Read it here:
Why History needs Mary Seacole as well as Queen Mary Read my latest blog. Read my latest articles, on why there's more to black history than slavery the history of the sports bra, some tales of Africans in Jacobean London from the London Metropolitan Archives and a review of Toni Morrison's Desdemona at the Barbican. Follow me on Twitter @MirandaKaufmann: |
