 The confirmed programme of speakers for the workshop I'm co-organising in October with Michael Ohajuru has gone online! I've pasted it below for your ease of perusal.
We were really pleased to get such a range and high quality of submissions, and I'm really looking forward to hearing all the papers, and the lively discussion I imagine they will generate. Have a look, and register for your place before the end of September to get the early-bird discounts. You can purchase tickets via the online store or download, complete & return this Registration form. Read more about the event on the Institute of Commonwealth Studies events page. Hope to see you there! Workshop: What's Happening in Black British History? A Conversation Institute of Commonwealth Studies, The Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London Thursday 30 October 2014 10.30-11.00 Registration: tea & coffee 11.00-11.30 Keynote address 11.30-1.00 Session One: New Directions in Black British History Chair: Clive Webb (University of Sussex) Christian Hogsbjerg (Independent Scholar) ‘The Two Souls of Black British History: Homage to Peter Fryer' Renée Mussai (Autograph ABP) 'Archival Lacunae: The Black Chronicles / The Missing Chapter' Adrian Stone (Independent Researcher) ‘My Genealogical Journey: using Genealogy, Family History and DNA to tell Black British History’ 1.00-2.00 Lunch 2.00-3.30 Session Two: People of African Descent in the Archives Chair: Clive Davis (Freelance Journalist) Hannah Ishmael (Black Cultural Archives) ‘Ephemera and Black History’ Vanley Burke (Independent Archivist and Photographer) and Lisa Palmer (Newman University, Birmingham), ‘Guerrilla Archiving and the Black Presence in Birmingham’ Kathleen Chater (Independent Scholar) ‘Researching Black British History before the Windrush: sources and challenges’ 3.30-5.00 Session Three: Spreading the Word: New Developments in the Communication of Black British History Chair: Yvonne Thomas (Roehampton University) David Olusoga (BBC) ‘Television, Radio and the peculiar challenges of Black History’ Abdul Mohamud (Hampstead School) and Robin Whitburn (Institute of Education) ‘Doing Justice to the teaching of Black British History in the Classroom’ Milton Brown (Kirklees African Descent Community (KADC) Media Productions/Kirklees Local TV) and Paul Ward (University of Huddersfield) ‘The Co-production of Black British History’ 5.00-5.30 Tea/coffee 5.30-6.30 Round Table Discussion and Conclusions (in the Senate Room) Chair: Michael Ohajuru Panel: Caroline Bressey, Kathleen Chater, Sean Creighton, Miranda Kaufmann, S.I. Martin, Tony Warner. 6.30-7.30 Reception
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10/9/2014 09:59:10 pm
What about Muslim History. It is not a black history regarding slavery and other evils of the western world. If you teach Black history in schools than there is a demand that Muslim History should be part and parcel of the National Curriculum. Leave a Reply. |
AuthorDr. Miranda Kaufmann is a historian of Black British History living in North Wales. You can read a fuller bio here, and contact her here. Related Blogs/SitesMichael Ohajuru's Black Africans in Renaissance Europe blog
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