What's Happening in Black British History? A Conversation, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, The Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London, 30th October 2014
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Philip Murphy
(Director of Institute of Commonwealth Studies)
Dr Miranda Kaufmann
(Independent Scholar)
Michael Ohajuru
(Independent Scholar)
This event was the first in a new termly series. Read more about the workshop and Black British History at ICwS on the SAS Blog.
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Session One New Directions in Black British History
Chair: Clive Webb, University of Sussex The Two Souls of Black British History: Homage to Peter Fryer Christian Hogsbjerg (Independent Scholar) 'Archival Lacunae': Black Chronicles II/The Missing Chapter Renée Mussai, Curator and Head of Archive, Autograph ABP My Genealogical Journey: using Genealogy, Family History and DNA to tell Black British History Adrian Stone, Independent Researcher |
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2.00-3.30 Session Two People of African Descent in the Archives Chair: Clive Davis,
Freelance journalist/reviewer, The Times, Sunday Times, The Independent Ephemera and Black History Hannah Ishmael, Black Cultural Archives Researching Black British History before the Windrush: sources and challenges Kathleen Chater, Independent Scholar ‘Black Englishmen’ Sierra Leoneans in the British Archives Nigel Browne-Davies, Independent Scholar |
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3.30-5.00 Session Three Spreading the Word: New Developments in
the Communication of Black British History Chair: Yvonne Thomas, Roehampton University Television, Radio and the peculiar challenges of Black History David Olusoga, BBC Doing Justice to the teaching of Black British History in the Classroom Abdul Mohamud, Hampstead School & Robin Whitburn, Institute of Education The Co-production of Black British History Milton Brown, Kirklees African Descent Community Media Productions/Kirklees Local TV & Paul Ward, University of Huddersfield |
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5.30-6.30 Round Table Discussion & Conclusions (in the Macmillan Hall) Chair:
Michael Ohajuru, Independent Scholar Panel Caroline Bressey, Kathleen Chater, Sean Creighton, Miranda Kaufmann, S.I. Martin,Tony Warner. |
